RE: [GENERAL] Re: SELECT FOR UPDATE

2001-08-27 Thread Glen Parker
> 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 (

RE: [GENERAL] Re: SELECT FOR UPDATE

2001-08-23 Thread Andrew Snow
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