Re: lock?

Peter K <xdzgor_at_hotmail.com> wrote in news:473ab56d$0$15889$edfadb0f_at_dtext01.news.tele.dk:

> Hi
>
> I am writing a program (in c#) which provides functions for "document
> handling". Each document is represented by a row in an Oracle database
> table, and I need some way to "lock" this row if a user is editing the
> document. (Database/sql is not my strong side, but I need to come up
> with some sort of mechanism for this).
>
> By "locking" I mean that I have some means to say "this document is
> being edited by a user and no other user can/should edit it".
>
> How can I make such a lock? I was thinking of a column called "lock"
> which I could set to the user's id if they were editing the document -
> but then I don't know how to ensure that only one user could attempt
> to obtain the lock at a time if, for example, two users simultaneously
> asked for the lock.
>
> Any hints are very welcome!
>
> Thanks,
> Peter
>

SELECT ........... FOR UPDATE Received on Wed Nov 14 2007 - 16:46:16 CET