Re: Oracle8 vs. MS Access

On Mon, 14 Dec 1998 00:01:43 GMT, Rob Cowitz <cowitz_at_cal.montage.ca> wrote:

>3) "All records" or "pessimistic" locking - all records in an opened
>datasheet (which can include other tables if it is a multi-table query)
>are locked. Very restrictive, but safer for data integrity.

I think that's the point. There is no such thing as "safer" for crucial topics like data integrity imho - either something is safe, or it's not. If the other locking mechanisms are less safe, then they are unsafe, which means they are generally unusable.

Regards
W. Rösler

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