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

Posted in 1997

Anthony Mandic — Thu, 04 Dec 1997 16:20:18 +1000 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Gary L. Burnore wrote: > > On Wed, 03 Dec 1997 13:52:22 +1000, Anthony Mandic <no_sp.am@agd.nsw.gov.au> > wrote: > : 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. Why not? If you're good enough, you ought to be able to tell. > : 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. Well, when I was doing it for MacDonald's Australia, it was done with C-ISAM on SCO boxes. From this you should be able to tell. -am