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Asked: 2026-05-17T21:21:05+00:00

Im about to create a very simple online event reservation application and currently have

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Im about to create a very simple online event reservation application and currently have 3 tables:

User

  • PK_UserID
  • UserName

Event

  • PK_EventID
  • EventName
  • EventDescription
  • EventStartDate
  • EventEndDate
  • SeatsAvailable

BookedEvents

  • ID
  • FK_UserID
  • FK_EventID

Do you have any experience of how to handle SeatsAvailable? I mean if SeatsAvailable is set to 5 and there are 5 users online and want to book event. And some user has started to fill out the form then changed his mind. Then seats in database can just leak. I was thinking about sessions – like to limit every user to 5 minutes to complete the booking but i dont really know if its good idea. Do you have any suggestions?

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  1. Editorial Team

    I would use your way as well, but I would reset the timeout everytime the booking is progressed (ie. new page). I know from experience you sometimes have to look something up or similar, and I really hate pages timing out in that case. You should be fine with a timeout.

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