Re: Informix vs. Sybase vs. Oracle vs. (gasp) MS SQL Server

On 26 Nov 1997 09:07:57 -0700, Pablo Sanchez <pablo@sgi.com> wrote: :>>>>> "Paul" == Paul Brown <pbrown@triplerock.Berkeley.EDU> writes: :Paul> :Paul> To quote from Jim Gray, (_Transaction_Processing_:_Concepts_and_ :Paul> Techniques_ pp. 420-21); :Paul> : :Paul, : :Unless something has changed, aren't you still an Informix :employee (or employed in some fashion by them)? If so, then :of course you're going to post supporting literature... : :Anyway, I think the answer lies with the TPC-C. I think :that they prove that row-level vs page-level locking is not :an issue. The -C's are a finely tuned OLTP application. Unbelieveable. You've got an obvious bias towards sybase yet you don't want to listen to his opinion because he work(s/ed) for INFORMIX? Hypocrite. It's obvious your opinion will not change no matter how many facts or senerios you're offered. I've got better things to do with my time than to watch your constant (and bad) sales pitch for sybase. Like for instance work on a sybase database. gburnore@netcom dot com or gburnore@netcom databasix com --------------------------------------------------------------------------- How you look depends on where you go. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gary L. Burnore | '۳'''''''ۺ''''''''''۳ | '۳'''''''ۺ''''''''''۳ DOH! | '۳'''''''ۺ''''''''''۳ | '۳ 3 4 1 4 2 '' 6 9 0 6 9 '۳ spamgard(tm): zamboni | Official Proof of Purchase =========================================================================== PGPprint: C63B CF4E 1B71 4D7E C6F8 AF4E 338D 5CB4 KeyID: 0x0F7EDBD9 (RSA) finger gburnore@netcom.com for public key ---------------------------------------------------------------------------