Re: Pro's & Con's on Oracle & SQL Svr?

I absolutely agree. Just like Microsoft's claim that SQL Server has row level locking. It does. Right up until it runs out of row level locks and starts locking pages.

Daniel A. Morgan

> The continually monitor itself and dynamically adjust is a bunch of
> marketing hooha.
>
> "Daniel A. Morgan" <dmorgan_at_exesolutions.com> wrote in message
> news:3AC40DE3.8C86CE05_at_exesolutions.com...
> > > What you say is true. However the implication is open to interpretation.
 The
> > > SQL Server viewpoint is that it is more efficient (performance-wise) to
 have
> > > the database continually monitor itself and dynamically adjust its
 settings
> > > to reflect the load.
> >
> > Which, of course, explains why no one with SQL Server has ever collected
 the
> > millions of dollars in prize money Larry Ellison keeps offering if anyone
 can
> > get SQL Server to run as fast as Oracle.
> >
> > Daniel A. Morgan
> >
Received on Sat Mar 31 2001 - 03:56:53 CST