On 2/17/07, Joshua D. Drake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
My understanding is that the main difference is that rollbacks are inexpensive for us, but expensive for Oracle.
Yes, Oracle is optimized for COMMIT, we're optimized for ROLLBACK :) In all seriousness, last time I checked Oracle's MVCC was covered by two patents. -- Jonah H. Harris, Software Architect | phone: 732.331.1324 EnterpriseDB Corporation | fax: 732.331.1301 33 Wood Ave S, 3rd Floor | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Iselin, New Jersey 08830 | http://www.enterprisedb.com/ ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend