Re: How to make lock escalation look good...

Nuno Souto wrote:

> Just came across this pearl at an IBM site:
>
> http://www-3.ibm.com/software/data/pubs/papers/locking/locking.pdf
>
> Amazing! How to make lock escalation "look and feel" like
> an "advantage", while completely distorting and misrepresenting
> the Oracle lock mechanism.
> <sigh>
>
> Cheers
> Nuno Souto
> wizofoz2k_at_yahoo.com.au.nospam

You've just got to put materials created by marketing departments into perspective. Covering one's eyes usually helps.

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