# lock across process
e.g. Server handles request from different clients, there clients are essentially different processes, they could potentially write to the same piece
of data(e.g. same records in table), so we need to make sure these access well synchronized.
Since normal locking mechnism applies only to inter process(inter-threads), for normal lock from JDK won't work here.
In this case, we need to use some medium from outside, which could be database records or some file on our hard disk.
## Using database records to be mutual exclusive
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE BBDEV_DBO.Prcubblock(txtType IN CHAR, success OUT INT) IS intRecCount INT; BEGIN DELETE FROM UBBMSTLOCK WHERE dtlastmodified <= SYSDATE - 1/48; SELECT COUNT(*) INTO intRecCount FROM UBBMSTLOCK; IF (intRecCount = 0) THEN INSERT INTO UBBMSTLOCK VALUES (' ', 0, SYSDATE); END IF; IF (txtType = 'U') THEN UPDATE UBBMSTLOCK l SET l.txtlocktype = 'U', l.dtlastmodified = SYSDATE WHERE l.txtlocktype = ' ' OR l.txtlocktype = 'U'; success := SQL%Rowcount; ELSIF txtType = 'S' THEN UPDATE UBBMSTLOCK l SET l.txtlocktype = 'S', l.dtlastmodified = SYSDATE WHERE l.txtlocktype = ' ' OR l.txtlocktype = 'S'; success := SQL%Rowcount; IF (success > 0) THEN UPDATE UBBMSTLOCK l SET l.Intlockcount = l.Intlockcount + 1, l.dtlastmodified = SYSDATE WHERE l.txtlocktype = 'S'; END IF; ELSE success := 0; END IF; COMMIT; EXCEPTION WHEN OTHERS THEN ROLLBACK; success := 0; END; /