Re: Oracle Server Pricing Scheme

From: Joe and Anne Buhl <jabuhl_at_qwest.net>
Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2001 18:11:15 -0600
Message-ID: <rIwX6.983$Lt1.587712@news.uswest.net>

> I find it funny how row-level locking was of *CAPITAL* importance for
> RDBMS until the exact moment that ORACLE implemented it in a fashion
> that doesn't degrade with load.
>
> After that, it became the *so what* above. Interesting, isn't it?

Actually it's not interesting at all. It was only of capital importance because Oracle ranted that it was and the code crappy ERP and 3rd party applications demanded it.

Now that most all the commercial RDBMS support it many sites do not implement it.

jb Received on Mon Jun 18 2001 - 19:11:15 CDT