Re: Informix vs. Sybase vs. Oracle vs. (gasp) MS SQL Server

Pablo Sanchez wrote:

> 2) Row level versus page level locking is all marketing hype
 

> crap. If you want to believe, go for it... but look for
> the problems in your application, not at the RDBMS
>
> Ultimately, people believe what they want to believe... this
> argument is so old... yawn.
>

You're really are quite wrong on this issue. There are applications where anything other than row level locking simply won't do. It's not all hype. The fact that you are making such a broad sweeping general statement should clue you in to to the fallacy of your own position.

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