[PHP] Re: What if 1,000 people access the database at one time?

Phil Schwarzmann wrote: So let's say Bill is accessing a MySQL table and is about to UPDATE some information on a particular row. Meanwhile, Al is doing a sort on that same table. Couldn't Al's sorting possibly screw up Bill's updating?? Or does MySQL have some built in functions that

[PHP] Re: What if 1,000 people access the database at one time?

Michael Waples wrote: Phil Schwarzmann wrote: So let's say Bill is accessing a MySQL table and is about to UPDATE some information on a particular row. Meanwhile, Al is doing a sort on that same table. Couldn't Al's sorting possibly screw up Bill's updating?? Or does MySQL have