[V4RB] Handling of dbs being served

[jda]

Hi all,

I'm creating a simple HTTP server in RB that will serve information 
from Valentina databases. Users will have access via their browsers, 
and will not be able to modify the databases over the internet (at 
least not yet).

My plan is to have the web pages pointing at my server tell which 
database they want to search, and the server will loop through open 
databases. If it finds a match, it will search that database and 
respond. If that database is not open, the server will open it, fetch 
the data, and then close the database.

My question is, is it dangerous to allow the server to "piggyback" on 
an already open database? In other words, if the database is in use 
and being updated by the user, could this "read only" access cause 
problems?

If this is a potential problem, I can allow access to only databases 
that are not already open. But it would be convenient if someone 
could be using the database locally at the same time it is being used 
remotely.

Note that this server is intended for modest use, not for thousands of users.

Thanks.

Jon