"edmond" <edmond_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Just want to know if it is good practice to use SELECT FOR UPDATE without
> NOWAIT in my program. I am worrying if some misbehaved sessions get
> timeout'ed while locking some critical table, my whole application would
> potentially be brought down. However, if NOWAIT is used, I have to
manually
> handle the EXCEPTION for failure to obtain the lock and retry until some
> predetermined timeout period. This seems to be too much work if every
> SELECT FOR UPDATE statement requires such logic.
>
> Appreciate if anyone could share their experience. Thx a lot.
>
>
What business problem are you trying to solve?
Jim
Received on Fri Jul 01 2005 - 00:06:45 CDT
