> Forgive my stupidity, but once I lock the session.cart, I > shouldnt have to lock every reference to it. correct?
No need to claim stupidity - there's a lot of misunderstanding about locking to go around. The answer, though, is "it depends". If you've got several references like this: <cfset session.cart.foo = "val1"> <cfset session.cart.bar = "val2"> you could wrap them within a single CFLOCK with a TYPE="EXCLUSIVE" attribute. On the other hand, if you've got references to Session.cart spread all over your code, you'll need locks spread all over your code. Locking in CF is a cooperative venture - it's not enough to lock one reference, because if another reference is unlocked, CF won't know to check for an existing lock. In many ways, locking in CF is similar to locking within a database. For example, you might have a transaction which create locks and respect the locks of others, but if you then write another transaction which intentionally disregards locks, the first one won't be able to lock out the second. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ voice: (202) 797-5496 fax: (202) 797-5444 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
