How to lock on an integer in C#?

Question

Is there any way to lock on an integer in C#? Integers can not be used with lock because they are boxed (and lock only locks on references).

The scenario is as follo

Answer 1

I doubt you should use a database or O/S level feature such as locks for a business level decision. Locks incur significant overheads when held for long times (and in these contexts, anything beyond a couple of hundred milliseconds is an eternity).

Add a status field to the post. If you deal with several therads directly, then you can use O/S level locks -- to set the flag.