Re: oracle - mysql comparison

From: Daniel Morgan <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu>
Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 18:06:37 -0700
Message-ID: <1090544822.559004@yasure>

D Guntermann wrote:

> "Daniel Morgan" <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu> wrote in message
> news:1090387704.737703_at_yasure...
> 

>>Dan wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Where was VC wrong?
>>
>>>- Dan
>>
>>When you respond to what I wrote rather than what you wrote I wrote I
>>will gladly respond.
>>
>> From where I am reading ... you came into a conversation in the middle
>>and are not tracking on the point I have been trying to make which
>>relates to point-in-time accuracy.

> 
> 
> I think you are missing the point.  There is a formal definition and
> criteria for "point-in-time" accuracy in the face of concurrent manipulation
> of data.  Following from this there is a definition and a criteria for
> "point-in-time" accuracy that allows for interleaving of transactions,
> called serializability.  Saying "I use multi-versioned read consistency" and
> a snapshot in time is not necessarily it.

I think you are agreeing with me whether you realize it or not. But perhaps you were responding to someone else.

Daniel Morgan Received on Thu Jul 22 2004 - 20:06:37 CDT