Hi, If you have more than one user connected to the database which handled the same tables, you need to use LOCK/UNLOCK tables. MySQL daemon don't lock tables or records if you don't require this.
Regards, Gelu _____________________________________________________ G.NET SOFTWARE COMPANY Permanent e-mail address : [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Snoxell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2002 6:57 PM Subject: More locking issues > Hi, > > I'm new to MySQL. I see you all talking about locking databases etc... but > isn't that the point of having a database server? So you don't have to > worry about record locks? > > I'm designing the backend for a popular site where a user's visit will > result in multiple read/write operations on a database. Is record locking > something I definitely need to do? > > Thanks, > > > Jeff > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Before posting, please check: > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) > > To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php