I need record level locking in a database, and I need it quickly, without having a huge learning curve or added cost of administration. What do folks out there recommend. Does Postgres allow record level locking? I am on a linux platform, and refuse to use any MS products, so don't go there. Additionally, I need to be able to easily export database content as both SQL statements and in some sort of delimited text file format. I can do the latter with Zope, of course, but it is fairly slow and expensive. MySQL does all of that nicely, but doesn't have record level locking. Please respond to me as well as the list. --sam -- Sam Gendler Chief Technology Officer - Impossible, Inc. 1222 State St. Suite 250 Santa Barbara CA. 93101 w: 805-560-0508 f: 805-560-0608 c: 805-689-1191 e: sgendler@impossible.com