Re: Informix vs. Sybase vs. Oracle vs. (gasp) MS SQL Server
On 01 Dec 1997 11:30:07 -0700, Pablo Sanchez <pablo@sgi.com> wrote: :>>>>> "Gary" == Gary L Burnore <gburnore> writes: :Gary> :Gary> On 01 Dec 1997 10:31:26 -0700, Pablo Sanchez <pablo@sgi.com> wrote: :Gary> : :Gary> : Sybase..... 39,469 tpmC :Gary> : Informix... 24,309 tpmC :Gary> : :Gary> :That's a 62% performance increase by using Sybase. Now I :Gary> :grant you that I believe that we'll see Informix :Gary> :Inc. publishing even higher numbers but that's not my :Gary> :point. :Gary> :Gary> Of course it's not your point. Your point is obvious. : :For some reason you think I have some hidden agenda. No Pablo, I don't. I'm just pointing out what I think is obvious. :I can't control what you think. I'm only posting some facts :and I've yet to see any facts from you besides your :blatherings. Blatherings? Maybe you do have an agenda. I used airlines as an example. Someone else used hotel reservations. Just about any place where multiple people are hitting multiple rows within one table at the same time _can_sometimes_ benefit from row-level locking. :How about some real data to support your :points rather than your silly sophomoric attacks? Gee, touchy aren't you? Attacks? I don't think so. Examples of where row-level locking is prefered have been posted already. :Don't go the way of Boris... Nothing like an insult to bring out discussion. 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------