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

Gary L. Burnore wrote: > Since it's been _YEARS_ since I messed at all with Sabre, things may have > changed. However, last I remember, the record is locked as long as an > attendant has it on the viewscreen with the "context" set to the seat level. > (There's a flight level, a class level and a seat level) The seat level context - is that all seats? How do these translate to actual locks in a server? I don't think its as straight forward as table, page and row. > If you don't "do something" within a specific period, (1 minute I think) the > context pops back to the level above (class level) and the seat is released. Apart from the inherit overhead, how much of a problem is blocking at the seat level if its all seats? > I'm beginning to wonder why I'm still responding to this. I'd have to concur. This thread's outlived its usefulness (if it ever had any). -am