Re: Lock sets for read access

[mooney@aps.anl.gov (Tim Mooney)]

re...

> From mrk@aps.anl.gov Tue Nov 22 17:53:05 1994
> 
> > From mcgehee@noao.edu Tue Nov 22 08:35 CST 1994
...
> > So, my thoughts are:
> > 1) Do lock sets inhibit read access as well as write and process access?
> 
> Starting with 3.12 reads from outside the database, i.e. from channel access,
> lock. Previously this was not true. Note however that each individual read
> locks. Thus if you have a series of ca_gets you will not get what you want.

Could you clarify that?  If a read is attempted while a record is locked
because a member of its lock set is processing, does the read pend until
the lock goes away?

Tim Mooney