Re: Info: Using MySQL as Mutex

2003-01-03 Thread Jeremy Zawodny
On Fri, Jan 03, 2003 at 11:10:38AM -0600, Dana Diederich wrote: > Yup, MySQL works quite well as a lock server; we've been using it as such > for years. Yeah, do we. > I would suggest looking at the get_lock() function specifically. It's > designed to do exactly what you're looking for, and it w

RE: Info: Using MySQL as Mutex

2003-01-03 Thread Dana Diederich
Yup, MySQL works quite well as a lock server; we've been using it as such for years. I would suggest looking at the get_lock() function specifically. It's designed to do exactly what you're looking for, and it won't require knowledge of any tables or rows. Cheers. -Dana > -Original Message-