Avoiding File Update Anomalies (Collisions) on a Server

2011-08-22 Thread Gregory Lypny
Hello everyone, I would appreciate your thoughts on how to avoid collisions on a server on those presumably rare occasions when two or more visitors attempt to write to a file at exactly the same time. In my case, it’s students writing via FTP to a text log file, but the same situation can

Re: Avoiding File Update Anomalies (Collisions) on a Server

2011-08-22 Thread Pierre Sahores
Would recommend to use a PHP or LC server-side front-end script to a MySQL or PostgreSQL SQL insert/update instruction instead. The SQL servers would manage this for you in a cleanest way than what can be done in using direct writes to flat files. HTH, Le 22 août 2011 à 17:05, Gregory Lypny a

Re: Avoiding File Update Anomalies (Collisions) on a Server

2011-08-22 Thread Gregory Lypny
Hi Pierre Sahores and Bob Sneider, Thanks for the tips. I’m getting the message that an external database (PHP or mySQL) is the way to go. Regards, Gregory ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to