Re: Let me be the first
One of the features in the version of IDS referred to in the article is, in fact, optimistic concurrency. On Sep 25, 2006, at 11:31 AM, Sebastian, Norma J. wrote: > Daniel is right, and at the risk of sounding like an Obbie > enthusiast.... > > Maybe the next Informix version should not be Cheetah, but rather > Donkey..... > > Informix should slow down and cater to the masses.... after all, it's > not really about making a great database, it is about selling it. If > we want to continue as a great database, we need to be satisfied > with a > smaller market share.... > > Now I will duck because surely the tomatoes will be coming.... > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: informix-list-bounces@iiug.org > [mailto:informix-list-bounces@iiug.org] On Behalf Of DA Morgan > Sent: Monday, September 25, 2006 11:18 AM > To: informix-list@iiug.org > Subject: Re: Let me be the first > > Obnoxio The Clown wrote: >> Lukas Barton said: >>> Obnoxio The Clown wrote: >>>> Lukas Barton said: >>>> >>>>> And how did you solve the problem I'am facing now: >>>> Probably by using an index. >>>> >>> I am not so stupid not to use indexes. >> >> But are you smart enough to use the RIGHT index? > > You might want to reconsider your question in light of the fact that > in Oracle reads never block writes and writes never block reads. A > feature SQL Server 2005 has duplicated. > > If Informix want to complete with the market leaders it needs to have > equivalent technology ... not a dwindling cadre legacy expert > developers. > > If you have to be "smart enough to use the RIGHT index" you are going > to follow Ingres into oblivion. > -- > Daniel Morgan > University of Washington > _______________________________________________ > Informix-list mailing list > Informix-list@iiug.org > http://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list > ============================================================ > The information contained in this message may be privileged > and confidential and protected from disclosure. If the reader > of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee > or agent responsible for delivering this message to the > intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any reproduction, > dissemination or distribution of this communication is strictly > prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, > please notify us immediately by replying to the message and > deleting it from your computer. Thank you. Tellabs > ============================================================ > _______________________________________________ > Informix-list mailing list > Informix-list@iiug.org > http://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list