Re: Undocummented: SET ISOLATION TO DIRTY READ

Posted in 1994

"Andy Kent" — Thu, 12 May 1994 22:03:27 GMT — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

> Mening that it will even read a row that has been locked in > exclusive mode? (Note, not a table locked in exclusive mode, just > one or more rows locked in exclusive mode.) With DIRTY READ in force, no locks are respected, exclusive or otherwise, row or table. But remember this only applies to when you're reading things and (more importantly) it may not be what you really want to do. Process isolation exists for very good reasons. akent@cix.compulink.co.uk (Andy Kent) ------------------------------------- 44 272 742815