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

Gary L. Burnore wrote:
>
> On Wed, 03 Dec 1997 13:52:22 +1000, Anthony Mandic <no_sp.am_at_agd.nsw.gov.au>
> wrote:
> : He DIDN'T ask them to explain the code to him, he asked them
> : to describe what was happening on their reservation app's
> : screen display. Any competant programmer could second guess
> : from this what the code's actually doing.
>
> Any competent programmer wouldn't rely on a second guess.

        Why not? If you're good enough, you ought to be able to tell.

> : I can do it when
> : I go into a store and make an electronic purchase. Being
> : a programmer I also know what else they do (recording my
> : personal details for stats tracking and mail lists etc.).
> : If I know this, why don't you?
>
> So please tell us what kind of locking they do while updating your personal
> stats.

	Well, when I was doing it for MacDonald's Australia, it
	was done with C-ISAM on SCO boxes. From this you should
	be able to tell.

-am Received on Thu Dec 04 1997 - 00:00:00 CET