Jim Kennedy wrote:
> "DA Morgan" <damorgan_at_psoug.org> wrote in message
> news:1123626794.762032_at_yasure...
>
>>joel-garry_at_home.com wrote:
>>
>>>In addition to what the others say, Oracle's read-consistency mechanism
>>>may mean it could take a while for Oracle to actually get all the stuff
>>>it needs together to present the data to you. So your read is not
>>>blocked, but you might have to _wait_ a long time. Perhaps longer than
>>>a client software timeout, for example.
>>>
>>>See also ORA-1555 discussions.
>>>
>>>A properly configured system shouldn't have such problems. But always
>>>is a long time.
>>>
>>>jg
>>>--
>>>@home.com is bogus.
>>>http://www.thenonist.com/downloads/thenonist_blog_depression.pdf
>>
>>I'm confused by your response. I can't see any possible way an ORA-01555
>>relates to the question nor what you refer to when you stay "wait a long
>>time" nor do I see how a client time-out setting relates. Can you
>>clarify your thinking? Thanks.
>>--
>>Daniel A. Morgan
>>http://www.psoug.org
>>damorgan_at_x.washington.edu
>>(replace x with u to respond)
>
> There is a myth promulgated by MS that Oracle has to do a lot of work to be
> read consistent. It is the usual FUD from another vendor when they don't
> have a feature their competitor does.
> Jim
No doubt this explains why Microsoft has now delayed Yukon for 3.5 years
trying to duplicate this piece of Oracle functionality. It must be very
hard to copy something you have been criticizing.
--
Daniel A. Morgan
http://www.psoug.org
damorgan_at_x.washington.edu
(replace x with u to respond)
Received on Thu Aug 11 2005 - 10:49:58 CDT
