Data integrity problem with sqlite3 - solved
Frank Millman
frank at chagford.com
Tue Aug 11 09:17:44 EDT 2015
"Frank Millman" wrote in message news:mqcmie$po9$1 at ger.gmane.org...
> Hi all
>
> I have a 'data integrity' problem with sqlite3 that I have been battling
> with for a while. I have not got to the bottom of it yet but I do have
> some useful info, so I thought I would post it here in the hope that
> someone with some knowledge of the internals of the python sqlite3 module
> can throw some light on it.
Oops, I have just spotted my mistake.
There are times when I want to issue a SELECT statement with a lock, as it
will be followed by an UPDATE and I do not want anything to change in
between.
MS SQL Server allows you to add 'WITH (UPDLOCK)' to a SELECT statement,
PostgreSQL allows you to add 'FOR UPDATE'.
I could not find an equivalent for sqlite3, but in my wisdom (this was some
time ago) I decided that issuing a 'BEGIN IMMEDIATE' would do the trick.
I had not anticipated that this would generate an implied COMMIT first, but
it makes sense, and this is what has bitten me. Now I must try to figure out
a better solution.
Apologies for any wasted time.
Frank
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