Keep in mind that the entire database gets locked for as long as
you've got it open in read/write mode, regardless of if you've read or
written.
On Fri, 23 January 1998, at 22:53:27, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > You'd be better off looking at something like GDBM (which, by the
> > way, also creates a lock against updates while another is reading the
> > database)...unless I'm missing something, you aren't looking at doing
> > anything that *requires* an SQL engine :(
>
> I agree. GDBM is a fine system for such uses.