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

On 01 Dec 1997 08:12:02 -0700, Pablo Sanchez <pablo@sgi.com> wrote: :>>>>> "Michael" == Michael Segel <Mikey@NOSPAM.King.of.MyDomain.NOSPAM.Segel.com> writes: :Michael> :Michael> But to defend Sybase by saying that row level :Michael> locking isn't important, is pretty damn :Michael> silly. : :I have yet to see you refute any of my points regarding row :level vs page level locking. For a well written :application, and isn't that what you strive for?, it simply :doesn't matter. : :To simply lob the above and not back it up with any :technical merit is pretty damn silly. Tell the airlines that row-level locking isn't important. If the entire seating table for a flight was locked for one attendent to assign you a seat, it'd be caos. Row level locking is quite important in some instances. I also agree with his statement that to defend Sybase by saying that YOU don't think row level locking is important is silly. gburnore@netcom dot com or gburnore@netcom databasix com --------------------------------------------------------------------------- How you look depends on where you go. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gary L. Burnore | '۳'''''''ۺ''''''''''۳ | '۳'''''''ۺ''''''''''۳ DOH! | '۳'''''''ۺ''''''''''۳ | '۳ 3 4 1 4 2 '' 6 9 0 6 9 '۳ spamgard(tm): zamboni | Official Proof of Purchase =========================================================================== PGPprint: C63B CF4E 1B71 4D7E C6F8 AF4E 338D 5CB4 KeyID: 0x0F7EDBD9 (RSA) finger gburnore@netcom.com for public key ---------------------------------------------------------------------------