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

Chris Curvey wrote: > > Snorri Bergmann wrote: > > snip..... Well gang, let me approach this from a different angle. Yes, with enough finagling, sharp application programmers (is this an oxymoron?...he says...ducking for cover...) can reduce locking contention within pages, perhaps to the point of tolerability in a large OLTP system. It's an expensive solution to a modest problem. Row level is much cheaper and easier. That's why it gets done. Same reason practically noone writes assembler anymore. Works great if you futz with it enough. No one can afford to futz with it enough though. It's just not economic to do so. Unfortunately for Sybase, they're learning this the hard way. Greg