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Optimistic Locking:
- Use when multiple processes are not likely to update a row concurrently.
- Does not lock a row.
- Validates data that was written before a final commit (timestamp, version, object comparisions).

Pessimistic Locking:
- Use when multiple processes are likely to update a row concurrently.
- Gets an exclusive lock on a row and nobody else can access that row.

Links:
Locking - SUMit
Optimistic Locking pattern for EJBs
Choosing an Approach for Locking
About optimistic locking
Optimistic Locking pattern for EJBs
Optimistic Algorithm
Optimism vs Locking - CiteSeer

Posted: 2003-05-23 21:03:40


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