[thelist] MySQL through MS Access?

matthew garrett matthew.garrett at snet.net
Mon Jan 14 17:53:58 CST 2002


> from: sgd
> If they're doing db hits and all that, you may get an error while you're
> replacing the db ("file in use by another process" or other such fun);
> or you may actually get the new db in there, but blow up the data that
> person is working with. So basically it's a race condition that is best
> avoided =)

Does it go without saying that it's good to upload the new db with another
name, and then quickly rename both db's on the server - to minimize the race
condition? Or is that a bad idea?

matt g





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