Re: [JDBC] Is what I want possible and if so how?

Joost,

Everyone has to do a select for update, then they will be serialized.

Dave
On 3-Jul-06, at 6:45 AM, Joost Kraaijeveld wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have a table with events that must be handled by multiple
> clients. It
> does not matter which client handles an event, but no two clients may
> handle the same event and an event may only handled once. A client
> can
> only determine the availability of an event by querying the database.
> The access to the table should be queue-like with synchronization.
>
> My idea was that a client should do a "SELECT" on the table and
> mark the
> selected records as "being handled" to avoid double handling.
>
> I have read the manual about "LOCK", "SET TRANSACTION" and
> "SELECT...FOR
> UPDATE", but from what I understand, they cannot prevent a "SELECT"
> from
> another client, based on the "SELECT".
>
> Is there a way to make this possible?
>
> TIA
>
>
> --
> Groeten,
>
> Joost Kraaijeveld
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