Matthias Urlichs wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Gerald Clark:
> > smurf@stripped wrote:
> >
> > > >Description:
> > > Program A:
> > > Program B:
> > > select get_lock("A",10) => 1
> > > select get_lock("B",10) => 1
> > > ...
> > > select release_lock("B") => 1
> > > select release_lock("A") => 0
> > >
> > > Duh???
> >
> > This is correct.
> > You may hold only one lock at a time.
> > The second lock releases the first.
> >
> What???
>
> These are DIFFERENT PROGRAMS! Of _course_ they can hold those two locks
> at the same time!
>
Sorry, your indentation was not clear on my browser.
Each connection can hold only one lock.
I didn't see that they were separate connections.
Sorry.