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

From: quarkman <quarkman_at_myrealbox.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 06:18:39 +1000
Message-ID: <oprt55dde5zkogxn@haydn>

On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 21:01:55 +0100, Niall Litchfield <niall.litchfield_at_dial.pipex.com> wrote:

> "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.
>

I think the relevant acronym at the time was something like 'So Horrible It Tingles'.

Regards
HJR Received on Tue Aug 19 2003 - 15:18:39 CDT