[Fwd: Re: SQLite and transactional security]

[Derek Atkins]

Benjamin <benjamincarlyle at optusnet.com.au> writes:

> Sqlite uses operating system file locks to manage concurrency between
> processes and a slightly modified version of the same to handle
> concurrency between threads. Multiple processes and threads can access
> the same sqlite database simultaneously for read access or one process
> or thread can access the database for write access. Locking is done by
> the library its self.

Hmm, I wonder how that interacts with AFS's advisory locks?  (see www.openafs.org)

-derek

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