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

Gary L. Burnore wrote: > > 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. Thats a table lock. Any programmer who does this deserves what'll happen to him/her. > 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. I thick the claims being made are specious without any hard evidence to back them up. I have yet to see any. Can you or anyone else provide a concrete example? -am