Re: Inserting into table only if the row does not already

* C. Bensend <benny(at)bennyvision(dot)com> [2004-10-15 08:14:51 -0500]:

> Concurrency shouldn't be an issue - this is a perl script running
> from cron. The only concurrency that will ever happen is if I'm a
> bonehead and I run the script manually right as cron kicks off
> another copy.

Even cron'd scripts can run amok. Lock files are great as a CYA
measure even if you're relatively certain there will be no opportunity
for one copy to step on the next.

I once had a cron'd script mail upper management every hour I was on
vacation. You can imagine how long it was until I got another vacation
request approved. ;)

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