Shari wrote: >> What would happen if you had two cgi scripts both >> writing to the same stack at the EXACT (within a thousandth of a second) >> same time? > > This actually reminds me of a question I have... what happens if > many people are attempting to update a page at the same time? > > For example, a guestbook CGI script updates a web page. What happens > when two guests try to do it at the same time? > > Does one get an error? Does it just "hang" until one is finished?
On Linux and Win servers a CGI call opens a new instance of the application. To avoid overwriting files between instances I use a temp file as a flag. -- Richard Gaskin Fourth World Media Corporation Developer of WebMerge: Publish any database on any Web site ___________________________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.FourthWorld.com _______________________________________________ metacard mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/metacard
