Re: Avoiding any locks in SQL Servers - read and understand....its magic.

"quarkman" <quarkman_at_myrealbox.com> wrote in message news:oprt52s9g7zkogxn_at_haydn...
> On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 16:03:49 +0100, Niall Litchfield <n-litchfield_at_audit-
> commission.gov.uk> wrote:
>
> > "Richard Foote" <richard.foote_at_bigpond.com> wrote in message
> > news:dhp0b.46016$bo1.31089_at_news-server.bigpond.net.au...
> >> Hi Guido,
> >>
> >> I think your traffic lights / roundabouts example is an excellent
> >> analogy
> >> (living in Canberra, Australia we're the roundabout capital ...)
> >
> > I bet you don't have one of these.
> > http://www.swindonweb.com/life/lifemagi0.htm
> >
> >
>
>
> Neil, Canberra *is* one of those!
>
> I still fondly remember driving past Parliament House. 14 times. Looking
> for a way home to Sydney.

err Ok then.

presumably you had to go around 14 times until the way to Sydney had been vacated by the previous vehicle. Motor Vehicle Trip Ordering I think it is called - though usually contracted to the relevant acronym.

-- 
Niall Litchfield
Oracle DBA
Audit Commission UK
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