Good Morning Eli I would consider implementation of mpm_common more specifically enabling inter process communication with mutex's such as what you see at http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/mpm_common.html#acceptmutex
and then utilising the flock directive to either lock/unlock a file such such as described here http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/mpm_common.html#lockfile Martin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eli Shemer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <mysql@lists.mysql.com> Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2008 10:06 AM Subject: table lock > Hey there > > > > I have an external script that generates a lot of data and dumps it into a > table. > > Prior to this ,it removes all the data in this specific table. > > It requires both read and write privileges. > > > > The web site on the other end reads all the data from the table and > generates standard html/css code with the information from the table. > > > > How can I make all of the apache child processes wait for the external > script to complete its operation once it has started? > > What would be the best way for this ? > > > > Thanks! > > > > > Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.16.4/1146 - Release Date: 22/11/2007 > 18:55 > > -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]