[Python-Dev] pysqlite for 2.5? (original) (raw)

Fredrik Lundh fredrik at pythonware.com
Thu Mar 30 13:41:21 CEST 2006

Greg Ewing wrote:

> Firebird could be a solution to this.

so a library that doesn't support multiple independent > readers/writers on a single file at all is much better > than one that does, Where do you get that from? Firebird supports multiple readers/writers perfectly well.

not according to the documentation (which says that the embedded library locks the database file, to prevent other independent processes from accessing the data).

but that might of course be misleading or outdated information.

do you have a URL that explains how the embedded Firebird component handles concurrency ? (something comparable to http://www.sqlite.org/lockingv3.html, that is.)

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