Thread: Application locking
limit 1) , ic as (insert into rdf (iasid, s,p,oint) select 42, user_id, 'started-editing', clm_id from nc returning oint locked) select locked from ic limit 1 into locked_id; return locked_id;
Kenneth Tilton
Director of Software Development
MCNA Dental Plans
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Suite 500
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We want to make sure no two examiners are working on the same case at the same time, where the cases are found by searching on certain criteria with limit 1 to get the "next case".A naive approach would be (in a stored procedure):next_case_id := null;select id into next_case_idfrom cases cwhere unfinished = trueand not exists (select 1 from table_lockwhere table_name = 'case' and row_id = c.id)limit 1;if found theninsert into table_lock (table_name, row_id) values ('case', next_case_id);end if;return next_case_id;I suspect it would be possible for two users to get the same case locked that way. Yes?If so, would adding "for update" to the initial select prevent a second caller to block on their select until the first caller had written out the lock, effectively preventing two callers from locking the same case?
If not, can we do better by bundling it all into one statement?:with nc as (select c.id clm_id from cases cwhere unfinished = trueand not exists (select 1 from table_lockwhere table_name = 'case' and row_id = c.id)
limit 1) , ic as (insert into rdf (iasid, s,p,oint) select 42, user_id, 'started-editing', clm_id from nc returning oint locked) select locked from ic limit 1 into locked_id; return locked_id;If I am all wet, is their a reliable way to achieve this?Thx, kt--
Kenneth Tilton
Director of Software DevelopmentFort Lauderdale, FL 33309
MCNA Dental Plans
200 West Cypress Creek Road
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Le vendredi 28 juin 2013 à 13:18 -0400, Kenneth Tilton a écrit : > > On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 1:16 PM, Kenneth Tilton <ktilton@mcna.net> > wrote: > We want to make sure no two examiners are working on the same > case at the same time, where the cases are found by searching > on certain criteria with limit 1 to get the "next case". > > > A naive approach would be (in a stored procedure): > > > next_case_id := null; > > > select id into next_case_id > from cases c > where unfinished = true > and not exists (select 1 from table_lock > where table_name = 'case' and row_id = c.id) > limit 1; > if found then > insert into table_lock (table_name, row_id) values ('case', > next_case_id); > end if; > > return next_case_id; > > > I suspect it would be possible for two users to get the same > case locked that way. Yes? > > > If so, would adding "for update" to the initial select prevent > a second caller to block on their select until the first > caller had written out the lock, effectively preventing two > callers from locking the same case? > > > Change "prevent" to "cause": > > > If so, would adding "for update" to the initial select cause a second > caller to block on their select until the first caller had written out > the lock, effectively preventing two callers from locking the same > case? > > You could put a unique constraint on table_lock, or make (table_name, row_id) the primary key; this would prevent the second user from locking the same case and you can treat the exception in your code. -- Salutations, Vincent Veyron http://vincentveyron.com Logiciels de gestion des sinistres assurance et des contentieux pour le service juridique
Kenneth Tilton wrote: > We want to make sure no two examiners are working on the same case at the same time, where the > cases are found by searching on certain criteria with limit 1 to get the "next case". > > A naive approach would be (in a stored procedure): > > next_case_id := null; > > select id into next_case_id > from cases c > where unfinished = true > and not exists (select 1 from table_lock > where table_name = 'case' and row_id = c.id) > limit 1; > if found then > insert into table_lock (table_name, row_id) values ('case', next_case_id); > end if; > > return next_case_id; > > I suspect it would be possible for two users to get the same case locked that way. Yes? > > If so, would adding "for update" to the initial select prevent a second caller to block on their > select until the first caller had written out the lock, effectively preventing two callers from > locking the same case? > > > Change "prevent" to "cause": > > If so, would adding "for update" to the initial select cause a second caller to block on their select > until the first caller had written out the lock, effectively preventing two callers from locking the > same case? That should work, did you test it? Actually, I'd do it in a different way. I think that the extra "table_lock" table is unnecessarily difficult. I'd change the "unfinished" field to a field that can hold three stati: "open", "in progress" and "done". Then I'd use something like the following: CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION get_next() RETURNS integer LANGUAGE plpgsql VOLATILE STRICT AS $$DECLARE c CURSOR FOR SELECT id FROM cases WHERE status = 'open' FOR UPDATE; next_id integer; BEGIN OPEN c; FETCH NEXT FROM c INTO next_id; UPDATE cases SET status = 'in_progress' WHERE CURRENT OF c; RETURN next_id; END;$$; Yours, Laurenz Albe
We want to make sure no two examiners are working on the same case at the same time, where the cases are found by searching on certain criteria with limit 1 to get the "next case".
I've been using this pattern for about 14 years with never a failure: