RE: [Firebird-docs] LockRequireSpins ??????

[Dmitry Y. <di...@us...>]

Helen,

> Would someone please confirm or deny that the parameter
> lock_acquire_spins
> has changed its name to LockREQUIRESpins????
>
> According to firebird.conf, it has...if so, why?

I've just answered in fb-devel. It's just a misspelling and will be fixed
ASAP.

> And more on the same entry in firebird.conf:
>
> # In Classic, only one client process may access the lock table at any
> # time. Access to the lock table is governed by a mutex. The mutex can
> # be requested conditionally -a wait is a failure and the request must
> # be retried - or unconditionally - the request will wait until it is
> # satisfied. This parameter establishes the ------> number of
> attempts
> <--------that
> # will be made conditionally. Relevant only on SMP machines.
> #
> # Type: boolean
> <-----------------------------------------------------------------
> #
> #LockRequireSpins = 0
>
> "This does not compute"

Yes, it should be integer instead. Will be fixed as well.


Dmitry