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a simple question of Locking mechanism

 
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Hello ,

I have a simple question , It is necesary to use the lock class when I search a record in mode networked ?

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No,there is no need to lock for the read operation.
 
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This is a general rule from database field.
 
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ok ,thanks for your help.

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It is not needed.

But, I chose to lock the entire database when I do any operation.
This seems like a dumb thing at first, but it saves u a lot of scenario testing for your locking scheme.
Furthermore, good table based locking (not the one we are implementing) is FASTER than record based locking.
This is because of the lack of overhead on row level locks.
So even though it is not needed to lock when reading, I would (and do).
Document your decisions well !
Good luck
 
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Originally posted by Frank Verbruggen:
It is not needed.

But, I chose to lock the entire database when I do any operation.
This seems like a dumb thing at first, but it saves u a lot of scenario testing for your locking scheme.
Furthermore, good table based locking (not the one we are implementing) is FASTER than record based locking.
This is because of the lack of overhead on row level locks.
So even though it is not needed to lock when reading, I would (and do).
Document your decisions well !
Good luck



Will it not affect the number of concurreny users access? Since the data item granularity is so large like that to the table, I am quite sure that some other users might not be able to access that table during the time someone is accessing it...
 
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