Re: out of locks is security breach
Posted in 1999
From: lbaltus@my-dejanews.com
>
>Our database uses row locking.
>If i would create a table having more rows than there
>are locks available on the system (easy!) and
>I would delete these rows:
>
>delete from mytable>
>(no transaction, no exclusive lock etc)
>I would get an error saying somithing about the engine running
>out of locks and the deleted rows will be rolledback in the table.
>
>OK. That's fine, but all other users and processes will experience the
>same thing and even get error's, thats not fine.
>
>I think this is a bug, and if not it most certainly is a security breach:
>I could criple any engine using row locking!
>
>Is there a way to prevent this from happening?
I'm just guessing here, but have you tried adding more locks?
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