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
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