Chris, > Uhh.... > > Proper databases don't HAVE non-atomic operations. That's kinda their job.
Uhh... yes, /singular/ operations are considered to be atomic. A series of operations /ment/ to be executed as a single one on the other hand aren't. > Unless you mean that there's a non-atomic operation that consists of [snip] >> Also think of the old adagio: "I had a problem, I guess that that went right over your head. :-) /You/ might know exactly what should and shouldn't be done, what makes you think the OP currently does ? > But that's still not corrupting the database. Depending on your definition of corruption. An unreadable file is often described as being corrupt, though the same can be said of a database in an inconsistent state. Regards, Rudy Wieser >> Also think of the old adagio: > > BTW, the word you want here is "adage", unless you mean that > it's a piece of music being played slowly :) Thanks. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
