What should happen is exactly what you describe. If the network connection is 
broken in the middle
of any single action (checking in/out a file, etc) there should be no 
corruption of the archive.
If the server does not receive the entire "check in file" message, then the 
server will will not
make any changes to the archive.

--Rob

--- Peter Vanderborght <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Hi Rob,
> 
> Can you tell me what would happen in SJ if the link break during check-in?
> 
> Suppose I'm checking in 3 files and the link goes down during transfer of
> the 2nd file.
> Given SJ doesn't perform atomic commits, I assume (hope):
> - File 1 will be updated & lock released
> - File 2 will be unchanged & lock in place
> - File 3 will be unchanged & lock in place
> 
> Can you please confirm this is the case?
> If not -- what's does happen? Will the DB get corrupted?
> 
> Regards,
> Peter
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert MacGrogan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> Sent: 29 August 2005 18:07
> To: Peter Vanderborght
> Subject: Re: SourceJammer
> 
> I'm afraid SJ does not employ atomic commits. The company I work for uses SJ
> over VPN and we have not yet had a problem, but I can see why you'd be
> concerned.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> --Rob
> 
> --- Peter Vanderborght <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> > Hi Rob,
> >  
> > I came across SourceJammer in my search for a tool to support our 
> > versioning.
> > It's not easy to find a tool that
> > - doesn't break the bank (we're a starting company, so no money to 
> > spare)
> > - works both on PC & Mac (to be tested)
> > - Provides checkin/checkout functionality (unlike CVS, Subversion, 
> > ...)
> >  
> > ... but SJ seems to do the trick.
> >  
> > One question though:
> > - Does SourceJammer perform atomic commits?
> >   Reason I'm asking is that we have a culture of working from home and 
> > if eg. the VPN connection goes down in the middle of a checkin the 
> > repository is in an
> >   undetermined state.
> >   Can you please elaborate on how this is handled in SJ?
> >  
> > Regards,
> > Peter
> > 
> 
> 
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