You could use a named cflock I believe.... Stephen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robertson-Ravo, Neil (REC)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 3:15 PM Subject: 'Locking' a process
> Anyone got any ideas on how to do a pseudo lock on a process within an > application? > > My example is that I am reading from an .xml file whose contents can be > edited and then updated. I want to be able to lock this process so no other > user can overwrite the data while another user is performing the action on > it (or at least flag the fact that its open by another process.) > . > > Neil > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_talk FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting.