Re: IBM Debunks Oracle's MultiVersion Read Consistency ?

Galen Boyer <galenboyer_at_hotpop.com> wrote in message news:<ufznmnhim.fsf_at_hotpop.com>...
> On 8 May 2003, joel-garry_at_home.com wrote:
>
> > Well, a minor point, but since you ask, SEQUENCE. You might want to
> > have, say, order numbers in a growing sequence, and not allow the
> > reuse or skipping of order numbers.
>
> I don't understand this requirement, its just silly to try to enforce
> and what the requirement is saying is, "I want intelligence in the
> key!!!"

Well, it may indeed be silly, but it is pretty common when people want to rigidly enforce watching their order entry people. There are certainly better ways to do it, but try to explain that to a non-computer person. And you definitely don't want to point out you can, say, send 10,000 widgets to your friends house without even trying. :-)

jg

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