Record Locking for Concurrent Database Updates?

Hello everyone!

I just purchased DataAssist, and I am absolutely thrilled to have a tool which makes it so easy to create and maintain database applications on the web. I have a technical question.

In a single-user database application on the desktop, only one user updates the database at a time, but in a multi-user database application on the web, more than one user may try to update the same database at the same time. This creates a potential problem which could compromise the integrity of the data.

Does DataAssist use MySQL record locking to preserve the integrity of the data when multiple users update the same database concurrently?

Thank you,

Fred Chapman

Unfortunately, DataAssist does not employ the SQL locking capability. You can add it to the queries afterward if you want. Here's a reference on the locking capability:
innodb-locks-set.html

In most cases however, this will be handled by the database automatically. Another way you can accomplish something like this is to add a couple of columns to the database. These would usually be LockedTime and LockedBy and then you could update those when someone accesses the page and you would check those when other users access the page and lock them out if it is within a certain time frame.

Hi Jimmy,

Thanks for your speedy reply and helpful suggestions! I looked at the link you provided, but it's not quite clear to me whether I need to do anything special to prevent problems.

What I'm really wondering is this: If I use DataAssist with no special modifications to create a multi-user database application on the web, is it possible the database may become corrupted by two users attempting to update the same information at the same time?

Fred

There shouldn't be any corruption issues with having multiple users updating the database at the same time.

Thanks, Jimmy! That's what I wanted to know. -Fred

No problem. If you run into any other issues, feel free to open a new thread.