What if 1,000 people access the database at one time?

From: Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2002 15:22:49 +0000
Subject: What if 1,000 people access the database at one time?
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So let's say Bill is accessing a MySQL table and is about to UPDATE some information on a particular row. Meanwhile, Al is doing a sort on that same table. Couldn't Al's sorting possibly screw up Bill's updating?? Or does MySQL have some built in functions that prevent this? Thanks! Phil

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