Re: 2xRe: urgent : inknown problem
Posted in 1999
---- you wrote: > All that I'm aware of. Tried Solaris, DGUX on m88k and intel myself. Whether > this is a 'bug' of a 'problem' and therefore insoluble is an open question since > Informix will not or cannot test it in an SMP production environment. The > question comes down to whether the problem is that you can never catch the head > of the list because several CPU VPs are moving it along and your sqlexec thread > is only one processor and must relinquish the VP periodically or that the tail > catches and laps you, for the same reason, and poof you are back behind the > head of the list again with the tail chasing you and perhaps your thread is now > hopelessly confused. I don't know and neither does Informix. > > To know if this will affect you ask: > > Do I have multiple CPUs and multiple CPU VPs? No? Then you are safe. Yes? > then YMMV and you will have to try it since it will depend on system load. Thanks for the feedback dude. I think this list should be called "Dear Art". :-) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Get your free email from AltaVista at http://altavista.iname.com