Using Version and Timestamp

NHibernate's Version and Timestamp feature can be used on Castle ActiveRecord as well. Those are used to detect changes from other processes/requests, avoiding a last-win situation.

When saving, NHibernate will make sure that the update will only succeed if the version/timestamp in the database match the version/timestamp on the object. If they are different, the changes will not be saved, and a StaleObjectException will be thrown.

Using Version

Version can be of the following types: Int64, Int32, Int16, Ticks, Timestamp, or TimeSpan.

[Version("customer_version")]
public Int32 Version
{
    get { return version; }
    set { version = value; }
}

Using Timestamp

Note that using the Timestamp attribute is equal to using the Version attribute with Type="timestamp". Because of timestamp precision issues, Version is consider safer to use than Timestamp

[Timestamp("customer_timestamp")]
public Int32 Timestamp
{
    get { return ts; }
    set { ts = value; }
}