ian@corpwatch.org wrote:

I am using Pearwiki and wikitools to create pages on my site. Anyone can create a login or edit pages. If two people click "edit" at the same time, one persons work is lost. The second person to click "submit" gets an error message: This content has been modified by another user, changes cannot be saved.

This is obviously a version control issue. This problem has been solved before in computer programming. Is there a solution for Drupal? Does this happen anytime two users hit "edit"?

I guess it would make more sense to block the second user from clicking "Edit", that would be the "checking out" of the particular article. Then when it is checked back in, the other users could edit it, but only after.

Currently, the configuration forks the content every time two people click "edit." Is there a workaround? I checked all of my settings, but didn't see a solution.

--ian--

Hi !

Many online softwares works like this ... I think, actually there is no way to lock a node to avoid two users edit at same time. If you want to modify edit-process, you can look at an (old) patch at : http://lists.drupal.org/archives/development/2004-09/msg00720.html

Gwen