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

From: Anthony Mandic <no_sp.am_at_agd.nsw.gov.au>
Date: 1997/12/02
Message-ID: <3483BE14.39E4_at_agd.nsw.gov.au>#1/1


Gary L. Burnore wrote:

> Since it's been _YEARS_ since I messed at all with Sabre, things may have
> changed. However, last I remember, the record is locked as long as an
> attendant has it on the viewscreen with the "context" set to the seat level.
> (There's a flight level, a class level and a seat level)

	The seat level context - is that all seats?
	How do these translate to actual locks in a server?
	I don't think its as straight forward as table, page and row.

> If you don't "do something" within a specific period, (1 minute I think) the
> context pops back to the level above (class level) and the seat is released.

	Apart from the inherit overhead, how much of a problem is
	blocking at the seat level if its all seats?

> I'm beginning to wonder why I'm still responding to this.

	I'd have to concur. This thread's outlived its usefulness
	(if it ever had any).

-am Received on Tue Dec 02 1997 - 00:00:00 CET

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