tOn 2009-06-01, Jamie Tufnell <die...@googlemail.com> wrote: > --00163646d8e6795c49046b4163e0 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > Hi, > > I am trying to provide a simple data entry interface to allow multiple > people to efficiently work through every record in a table and fill in the > missing values. > > The interface is a web application that simply loads up record after record > until they're all complete. > > I want to minimize the possibility of assigning the same record to two > users.
update records set locked_since = now() where id = (select id from recored order by locked_since is NOT NULL, locked_since desc limit 1) returning * your operators may end up fighting over the last two records, would that be a bad thing? -- Sent via pgsql-sql mailing list (pgsql-sql@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-sql
