On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 8:27 AM, Praveen S <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I am writing a mobile application library which uses a database. The > database is locked by applications using the library. On exit the > applications will unlock the database. > > However if the application terminates abnormally then the database is in > locked state only. Can you tell me some solution through which if a > application exits abnormally the database can be unlocked without having to > restart the device. On restart the database is always set to unlock mode.
Trap the abnormal termination? http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/007908799/xsh/sigaction.html Don't abnormally terminate? Tell the database that the current lock it has is for an application that has terminated? -- PJH http://shabbleland.myminicity.com/env http://www.chavgangs.com/register.php?referer=9375
