There was another post about this I could've responded to, but I deleted it, hence this new post.
This article: http://www.macromedia.com/v1/Handlers/index.cfm?ID=23021&Method=Full Explains why not locking shared scopes won't crash the server, but could cause a "race condition" and corrupt data. What I don't get is why OTHER languages don't need locks around shared scopes, if CFMX is indeed thread-safe like they are (ASP to name one). Basically this article says "The good news is your server won't crash -- the bad news is, your data will be totally useless." To me, that says "You still have to lock everything you always had to, unless you want corrupt data." I'm sorry, but it seems like a lot of double-talk to me. In the article they give an example of updating a variable called session.cartTotal. What if I have two pages -- one that just reads this variable, and the one they show that reads and performs an update of the variable simultaneously. Isn't it possible that these two disparate pages would cause a race condition, proving that you still have to lock? If I am wrong about this, can anyone explain in English, so my tiny little brain can comprehend why? Thanks! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 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.
