Re: Idea for concurrent transactions

From: Paul <paul_at_not.a.chance.ie>
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 18:56:15 -0000
Message-ID: <MPG.1ac4010dfb7951a198990c_at_news1.eircom.net>


ed.prochak_at_magicinterface.com says...

> > I believe that Informix uses it, and also Oracle some of the time.

> Just an FYI, ORACLE has used Multiversioning for a LONG time. I believe they
> were the first to do it. At the time I first studied this, interbase was the
> only other DBMS to also used MV.

I'm certain that PostgreSQL also uses it, or did you only mean commercial databases?  

> MV is why ORACLE is much better with large transaction volumes and many
> simultaneous sessions/connections than most other products. Locking is just a
> painful way of controlling access.

My understanding is that Oracle uses a combination depending on the circumstances.

Paul...  

> ed

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