Re: Isolation levels in Informix vs Oracle

PK said: > > What is the neccessity or justification for an RDBMS to offer such a > feature and do applications really need it ? I was told by an Oracle > guy that Informix and DB2 are 'forced' to offer this because of their > architecture and this is not a 'feature' as such ! He says Oracle can > offer it in a 'jiffy' by pointing to its undo tablespace (where before > images of a buffer are kept before modifications) but they will not as > this is not justified ! Well, you can tell your Oracle guy that he's a tosser, from me. Dirty read is an ANSI standard isolation level. -- Bye now, Obnoxio "C'est pas parce qu'on n'a rien ' dire qu'il faut fermer sa gueule" - Coluche "I'm trying to see things your way, but I can't get my head up my ass" - JCH "Ogni uomo mi guarda come se fossi una testa di cazzo" - Marco I went to the airport to check in and they asked what I did because I looked like a terrorist. I said I was a comedian. They said, "Say something funny then." I told them I had just graduated from flying school. -- Ahmed Ahmed sending to informix-list