* Scott Marlowe: > And there's the issue that with windows / NTFS that when one process > opens a file for read, it locks it for all other users. This means > that things like virus scanners can cause odd, unpredictable failures > of your database. I think most of them open the file in shared/backup mode. The only lock that is created by that guards deletion and renaming. It can still lead to obscure failures, but it's not a wholly-eclusive lock. -- Florian Weimer <fweimer@xxxxxx> BFK edv-consulting GmbH http://www.bfk.de/ Kriegsstraße 100 tel: +49-721-96201-1 D-76133 Karlsruhe fax: +49-721-96201-99 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly
