[feature] Locking Support

Project:      Drupal
Version:      cvs
Component:    base system
Category:     feature requests
Priority:     normal
Assigned to:  Anonymous
Reported by:  Jeremy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Updated by:   weitzman@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Status:       patch

unless absolutely necessary to serve a cached page, the lock.inc should
be included from common.inc, not bootstrap.inc.

weitzman@xxxxxxxxxxxx



Previous comments:
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February 23, 2004 - 20:58 : Jeremy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Attachment: http://drupal.org/files/issues/lock.patch (17.88 KB)

Drupal currently doesn't provide a generic locking mechanism.  As Drupal
powered websites get more popular, the lack of locking results in
increasingly frequent race conditions.  This can result in error
messages being cached for an indefinate amount of time.

Without locking, it is also possible for content to be edited by two
people at the same time.  Because of this, it is possible to loose
important changes.

Attached is a patch that introduces 'lock.inc' and a new 'locks'
database table allowing for generic locking functions.  It also updates
node administration to utilize this new locking functionality and
present a powerful example of how this new include file can be used.

The attached lock.patch:

 - installs includes/lock.inc
 - includes lock.inc from includes/bootstrap.inc
 - adds lock disable/configure functionality to system.module
 - wraps administration of nodes in access lock, permitting only one
user
   at a time to edit a node
    o lock is grabbed on first edit
    o lock is renewed with each preview
    o lock is freed with submit or delete
    o lock will timeout (auto-free) after configurable time period
 - should work with all node types (tested on story, poll and forum).
 - only locks administrative editing of nodes.

To test, use two web browsers to generate two seperate sessions.

More information available here [1].



[1]
http://cvs.drupal.org/viewcvs/contributions/sandbox/jeremy/4.4.0/locks/


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