ermm... Create a .lck file like DW does and check for its existance before processing. Have a DB table with a lock flag.
Just a couple that come immediately to mind. Stephen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robertson-Ravo, Neil (REC)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 3:34 PM Subject: RE: 'Locking' a process > OK, probably didnt make myself clear enough, my mistake...(I am aware of the > <cflock>) > > I obviously want this to happen at the system level, but what I want is an > abstraction above that...i.e. I am editing a file names XXX.xml, I do not > want anyone else to come into the system and edit this file without them > being 'aware' that I have it opened....you see what I mean? > > N > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Stephen Moretti [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 16 October 2002 15:30 > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: 'Locking' a process > > > 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 Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm
