"Dominic J. Eidson" schrieb:
> > ...
> > What if I do a SELECT to check for a row. Then I do a INSERT. But between
> > SELECT and INSERT someone else inserted a row. NO I do not think that "good
> > programming" will solve this.
>
> Good design, together with good implementation, gets you a long way.
>
Ok, now the question may be asked: How can this pattern be solved
(to use a very modern word ..).
a) Prevent such a situation :-)
b) Try to insert a "lock"-mechanism in your code
Marten