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

>>>>> "Gary" == Gary L Burnore <gburnore> writes: Gary> Gary> Tell the airlines that row-level locking isn't Gary> important. If the entire seating table for a flight Gary> was locked for one attendent to assign you a seat, Gary> it'd be caos. I doubt very much that SABRE places a logical lock on a seat. It more than likely updates the row with a "lock out". Gary> Row level locking is quite important in some Gary> instances. 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... Gary> I also agree with his statement that to Gary> defend Sybase by saying that YOU don't think row level Gary> locking is important is silly. That's cool, you can agree that that earth is flat too. How about just answering the TPC-C question above for me. -- Pablo Sanchez | Ph # (650) 933.3812 Fax # (650) 933.2821 pablo@sgi.com | Pg # (800) 930.5635 -or- pablo_p@pager.sgi.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I am accountable for my actions. http://reality.sgi.com/pablo [ /Sybase_FAQ ]