Re: Solution for 01555

From: Jonathan Lewis <jonathan_at_jlcomp.demon.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2003 18:48:33 -0000
Message-ID: <b0pdee$hv6$1$8300dec7@news.demon.co.uk>

This depends on your definition of 'right now'.

If you want to see the content of the table as it is 'right now' - but it takes you three hours to get all of that data out, then 'right now' will be history by the time you get to see the data.

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vlad wrote in message ...


>

>              A database is not supposed to give you the history or

the


>future of a record. It IS, howewer, supposed to tell me what's in the

table


>right now without giving me some "snapshot error". I'm asking a fair

>question, and I should get an answer.

>

Received on Thu Jan 23 2003 - 12:48:33 CST