Re: Re: How to modify/delete records in a flat-file database?

> How might I ensure that my original data remains uncorrupted even with multiple users?
Unless there are really multiple updates at a time ...

pelagic

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Re: Re: Re: How to modify/delete records in a flat-file database? by TwistedGreen (Sexton) on Apr 28, 2004 at 12:45 UTC
Oops, I missed that. It certainly brings more complexity to the problem... Database would definitely be the way to go then, I'd think. Even though I lock the files when they are read and written in my example above, two concurrent users could overwrite each other's changes.	[reply]
Re: Re: Re: Re: How to modify/delete records in a flat-file database? by JoeJaz (Monk) on Apr 28, 2004 at 17:13 UTC
Thank you for sharing your code example with me. Thats a really nice way to read in data; much cleaner than the way that I would have thought. Regarding what was said about the multiple updates, I'm not sure how much concurant useage would occur with this script. I guess it's best to play it safe, however. Thank you very much for your input. Joe	[reply]