File sharing, locking, etc... between multiple users...

[Kurt Kaufman]

Is this how most databases function?

> On further thought on the record locking..
> It might be possible for you to take the approach that the real  
> field is
> never edited real time, but only a temp field that is later  
> processed in the
> time sequence (the seconds) 'submitted' in an orderly event loop.   
> This way,
> 4 users could be editing the "same field" while seeing that other  
> users are
> doing likewise ("chat room style").