> -----Original Message----- > From: Ken [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 1:22 PM > To: sqlite-users@sqlite.org > Subject: RE: [sqlite] Re: Some Questions Regarding Access To a SQLite > Database By More Than One Process > > If you are using seperate processes then a mutex will not help since it is > local to a process. A semaphore could be used however.
Many (maybe even most) platforms support mutexes which work across multiple processes. (Mutex is, of course, short for "mutual exclusion semaphore"; there's no a priori reason to assume that mutexes are process-local while other semaphores are not.) -- James ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----------------------------------------------------------------------------