Note that these are two different things. The one is "i have these attributes 
which I consider 'important'", the other is "any change is equally important".

Cheers, Anjo



Am 09.12.2009 um 18:14 schrieb Kieran Kelleher:

> Hi Jon,
> 
> Actually that is a good tip, record version control integers attributes 
> definitely seem like a solid approach for optimistic locking in sensitive 
> situations (combined with OptimisticLockAction dbc.lock of course as 
> discussed last week with Dr. iguel "Optimistic Locking" Arroz. ;-) ) I think 
> I will go this serialNumber route, just because I feel more 
> comfortable/trusting of it for the particular situation I have.
> 
> Regards and thank, Kieran
> 
> 
> 
> On Dec 9, 2009, at 12:01 PM, Jon Nolan wrote:
> 
>> Kieran Kelleher wrote:
>>> Am I dreaming in thinking that I saw a discussion at some time in the past 
>>> that there is some flaw with using BigDecimals as reliable* optimistic 
>>> locking attributes? ..... or was that just NSTimestamps and float/double 
>>> type values? .....
>> Kieran,
>> 
>> I seem to remember some trouble with this in the past involving precision 
>> but, like you, I don't remember if it extended to BigDecimal.  Doesn't seem 
>> like it should given what that class is all about.
>> I've given up on struggling with various locking attribute types and have 
>> gone with locking on primary key and an int/long called serialNumber.  Then 
>> I have something like this in the eo class.
>> 
>>  public void willInsert() {
>>      super.willInsert();
>>      setSerialNumber(0);
>>  }
>>    public void willUpdate() {
>>      super.willUpdate();
>>      setSerialNumber(serialNumber().intValue() + 1);
>>  }
>> 
>> I have zero failures with this approach and perhaps just as importantly zero 
>> headaches.  The only (slight) negative is a bit of DB bloat.
>> 
>> Jon
>> 
>> 
> 
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