accessing an open database

[jda]

Hi,

I still don't see the best way to deal with this situation, so I'll ask again.

The problem: I am allowing folks to search databases via the 
Internet. I have threaded HTTPSockets that do the searching, format 
the results, and send them back. Importantly, the access is 
read-only. The issue at hand is that each db is opened when a search 
is initiated and closed when it is finished. If a db is already open 
and I try to open the file again (myDatabase.open(f) -> exception).

Suggestions are welcome.

Jon