[V4RB] Handling of dbs being served

[Ruslan Zasukhin]

on 2/14/03 3:27 PM, jda at jda at his.com wrote:

> 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?

I think no.

Just use cursors for each user;

> 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.

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Best regards,
Ruslan Zasukhin      [ I feel the need...the need for speed ]
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