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

On Tue, 02 Dec 1997 13:51:58 +1000, Anthony Mandic <no_sp.am@agd.nsw.gov.au> wrote: : :> :As I've said, if you look at the TPC-C you can see that for :> :a well behaved application there isn't a problem. How do :> :you refute that Sybase currently has a higher tpmC value :> :than Informix? After all, TPC-C's are OLTP and Informix has :> :row level locking. Answer that for me... :> :> I'm not refuting it. I'm saying it's not based on Sybases lack of row-level :> locking. : : Well, how about enlightening us by telling what it is : based on? It is, in my opinion, based on the fact that Sybase paid for the benchmark. 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------