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

On Wed, 03 Dec 1997 13:52:22 +1000, Anthony Mandic <no_sp.am@agd.nsw.gov.au> wrote: :Joe Lumbley wrote: :> :> Pablo Sanchez (pablo@sgi.com) wrote: : :> : I phoned two airline companies: United and US Air. I :> : interviewed the person taking reservations and here are the :> : responses: :> :> Right, that's what I do too. Rather than look at source code or other :> hard stuff to figure out how the code works, I just call the clerk who's :> doing data entry and have them explain the code to me. : : He DIDN'T ask them to explain the code to him, he asked them : to describe what was happening on their reservation app's : screen display. Any competant programmer could second guess : from this what the code's actually doing. Any competent programmer wouldn't rely on a second guess. : I can do it when : I go into a store and make an electronic purchase. Being : a programmer I also know what else they do (recording my : personal details for stats tracking and mail lists etc.). : If I know this, why don't you? So please tell us what kind of locking they do while updating your personal stats. 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------