> -> Otherwise, in a multi-threaded server environment, you can still get nailed
> -> by the "they hit submit twice" problem.
>
> I don't see how this can happen with the current methods of publishing
> Quixote apps, because there is only ever one Publisher, and a single process
> handling it.  What am I missing? ;)

If you're running a big server under mod_python, you can have a large
number of server processes running simultaneously.  Lots of publishers, and
easy race conditions when somebody double-clicks on that submit button.

jon

Jonathan Corbet
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