Re: how synchronous is Oracle?

From: Howard J. Rogers <howardjr2000_at_yahoo.com.au>
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 20:09:02 +1100
Message-Id: <pan.2003.03.11.09.09.01.84803@yahoo.com.au>

On Tue, 11 Mar 2003 00:54:39 +0000, Uwe Kuechler wrote:

> "Howard J. Rogers" <howardjr2000_at_yahoo.com.au> wrote in message news:<pan.2003.03.10.18.27.26.545417_at_yahoo.com.au>...

>> > What I meant is: The very moment Txn a issues a commit and the data
>> > gets written to disk, waits will occur when Txn b accesses this very
>> > data.
>> 
>> I hope you did NOT mean to say this, because as written, it's not true.
>> 
>> Now maybe I've just misunderstood what you wrote, too. But then we need to
>> do something about avoiding all these misunderstandings.

>
> You're right in both places. In my opinion, the trouble is that some
> guys just want to get a simple answer to their question and get back
> an academic debate instead.

'Sfunny. "Academic" can mean "pie in the skie, ivory tower, of no relevance to the real world" or it can mean "informed, intelligent, aware".

Not sure what usage you're referring to. IMHO, the more academic Oracle debate gets, the happier I shall be (see meaning (2)).

Regards
HJR
> Yes, I've messed up the terminology a bit which wasn't helpful to that
> thread. Next time I will just answer "yes" and not "yes, because".
> Maybe that will help.
>
> Regards
> Uwe
Received on Tue Mar 11 2003 - 03:09:02 CST