Subject: Re: [SWIPL] How serialize Prolog database updates from multiple clients on Windows?

From: "Michael D. Kersey" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2001 21:36:10 -0600

Jan Wielemaker wrote:
> The picture is a bit unclear.  What database are we talking about?
The Prolog database, not an external database engine.

> You can also use a Prolog file as `database', appending to it.
This is what I want to do.

> In that case you need some file-locking to avoid making a mess of
> your file on concurrect access.  This is provided in the current
> version for POSIX systems, but not for the Windows version.
Thank you. I'll look into locking schemes under Windows.