> On 26 Aug 2001 13:50:16 -0700, Cody <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I just finished reading Bruce M's book, so this thread confuses me,
> > esp. Jan's posts. I take full heed of the need for application level
> > user/thread management, but I was interested in using a parallel
> > set-up in PG (
I prefer the way Notes (for example) handles it. All
records/documents/views are in read-only mode until the user indicates
they actually want to edit. They then exclusively lock that record for
editing, with optional timeouts (in case their workstation crashes or
whatever).
This turns out to