Hi,

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To be honest, I'm a little lost on why people are suggestion I use buffering instead of locking. I don't understand what one has to do with the other?
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I see from elsewhere that you are updating the table from a business tier using GATHER on a single record. In that case maybe buffering won't add much. You're essentially doing optimistic buffering anyway -i.e. making changes to the data without preventing others from doing so simultaneously.

Regards,
Viv