Re: Isolation levels in Informix vs Oracle

Posted in 2004

DA Morgan — Wed, 29 Dec 2004 22:30:59 -0800 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

Obnoxio The Chav wrote: > DA Morgan said: > >>Please don't go sideways here. I was merely pointing out that SAVEPOINTS >>are not exactly a red herring. You can be a bit less defensive methinks >>as no database vendor is 100% ANSI compliant. > > > Please don't tar us with the muddy brush of your illogical thinking. > SAVEPOINTS are utterly irrelevant to a DIRTY READ. He's not being > defensive, and neither am I. Im not pursuing this because of savepoints. Rather the use of the phrase "red herring" which it was not. Lets just let it drop. We both know precisely what was intended by Mark Townsend's post, by your reply, and now hopefully by my response. -- Daniel A. Morgan University of Washington damorgan@x.washington.edu (replace 'x' with 'u' to respond)