On 22-Jun-01 Carsten H. Pedersen wrote:
> Has anyone successfully passed the get_lock() 
> and release_lock() commands to a MySQL 
> server using PHP? If so, how did you go about it?

Yes;

    mysql_query("SELECT GET_LOCK('signups',20)");
    fillsignups();
    mailsignups();
    mysql_query( "SELECT RELEASE_LOCK('signups')");

> 
> PHP does not seem to implement these functions
> despite the fact that they have been around since
> sometime in March/April 1998.

It's a SQL statement, application language has nothing to do with it..

Regards,
-- 
Don Read                                       [EMAIL PROTECTED]
-- It's always darkest before the dawn. So if you are going to 
   steal the neighbor's newspaper, that's the time to do it.

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