On 4/15/07, Andrew Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > <cfset application.flag = true /> > > no on its own that can not cause a race condition, but if somewhere else > there is a read on that variable somewhere then that will cause a race > condition.
Wrong. Code can read that variable to its heart's content all over the application without a race condition. > Now as this debate is being discussed because of a CFC inside of a session > scope, there is an extremely high chance that a race condtion is going to > occur, so as Ben says lock it. Not necessarily true. You can have a bean in session scope and never need to lock it. If the operations are *atomic*. You are just simply refusing to listen to what people are telling you and you aren't reading the documents closely enough. I don't think you actually understand what a race condition is...? -- Sean A Corfield -- (904) 302-SEAN An Architect's View -- http://corfield.org/ "If you're not annoying somebody, you're not really alive." -- Margaret Atwood ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create Web Applications With ColdFusion MX7 & Flex 2. Build powerful, scalable RIAs. Free Trial http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJS Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:275281 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
