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

Posted in 1997

Pablo Sanchez — 26 Nov 1997 09:07:57 -0700 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

>>>>> "Paul" == Paul Brown <pbrown@triplerock.Berkeley.EDU> writes: Paul> Paul> To quote from Jim Gray, (_Transaction_Processing_:_Concepts_and_ Paul> Techniques_ pp. 420-21); Paul> Paul, Unless something has changed, aren't you still an Informix employee (or employed in some fashion by them)? If so, then of course you're going to post supporting literature... Anyway, I think the answer lies with the TPC-C. I think that they prove that row-level vs page-level locking is not an issue. The -C's are a finely tuned OLTP application. -- 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 ]