The OS will raise an exception if two processes try to access a file at the same time, which in turn will cause CF to throw an error.
As a general rule, always use error handling when accessing files from any computer language. <cftry> <cffile ...> <cfcatch>Couldn't access file...</cfcatch> </cftry> jon Webmaster wrote: > Do you need to lock a cffile append. I have a site that logs to a file > every time a order is placed. Has anyone run into a problem if two threads > try to write at the same time? > > ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
