RE: Let me be the first
Perhaps record locking is a type of application support.... Such as if I were to select a "record" of data from 2 different tables.... Then the record lock is held with same ID on both tables? Tough to see how record and our long standing row lock are different. Ideas? Norma Jean -----Original Message----- From: informix-list-bounces@iiug.org [mailto:informix-list-bounces@iiug.org] On Behalf Of scottishpoet Sent: Monday, September 25, 2006 8:29 AM To: informix-list@iiug.org Subject: Re: Let me be the first Obnoxio The Clown wrote: > Mark Townsend said: > > http://www.crn.com/sections/software/software.jhtml?articleId=193004835 > > "The next release, code-named Cheetah, is due to beta this spring and will > feature *record-level locking*, technology carried over from the latest > release of IBM DB2, said Arvind Krishna, vice president of database > servers for IBM Software's Information Management Group, Somers, N.Y." > > I think I speak for us all when I say: "What the *fuck*???" > > First of all, it's row-level locking, as any good relational database user > knows. And secondly, IDS has had row-level locking since ... help me out > here... the early 90's? > > I think Arvind Krishna needs to find himself a nice rusty spade, I do. :o( > > -- > Bye now, > Obnoxio > > "... no bill is required as no value was provided." > -- Christine Normile > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by OpenProtect(http://www.openprotect.com), and is > believed to be clean. the article does go on to say "The current IDS Version 10 Release Change 5-IDS uses its own release terminology-offers row-level and column-level locking." which suggests there is a difference between record and row level locking _______________________________________________ Informix-list mailing list Informix-list@iiug.org http://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list ============================================================ The information contained in this message may be privileged and confidential and protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any reproduction, dissemination or distribution of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. Thank you. Tellabs ============================================================