In article <20040709082212.856.qmail@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Torsten Roehr wrote: > Add an int field oca to your table. Increment this value on every update. > When someone edits a row, read the value and put it into a hidden field. > Then on update check for condition WHERE oca = $ocaFromHiddenField AND id = > $id etc. Check the affected rows of your update. If it is 0 someone else has > updated between the start and end of your editing (because oca will have > been incremented). Then tell your user that someone has just made a change > to the record set he is editing and he should abort and start again. update 'rows you would update anyway' and 'oca=oca+1' where 'regular stuff' and 'oca=$ocaFromHiddenField' If you don't update the 'rows you would update anyway' and 'oca=oca+1' at the same time you run again into concurrency problems. -- Tim Van Wassenhove <http://home.mysth.be/~timvw> -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
