Date:         Sun, 30 Jan 2000 02:01:50 GMT
Reply-To:     Kenmlin <kenmlin@AOL.COM>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Kenmlin <kenmlin@AOL.COM>
Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com
Subject:      Question about data-sharing

I have a question for all you SAS gurus.

If I have a SAS table that is accessed by multiple users, what are the
consequence of more than one user attempting to access the table
simultaneously.  I am more accustomed to database software like MS SQL and
SyBase which have page-locking capabilities to address such conflict.  I notice
that SAS creates a temporary file when a table is being modified so I was just
wondering what takes place in the background.

Ken