Re: FOR UPDATE WAIT

From: VC <boston103_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2005 06:14:23 -0500
Message-ID: <9PWdndDf6ZGW4OnenZ2dnUVZ_s-dnZ2d@comcast.com>

<sstetsen_at_gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1131699867.193422.73210_at_g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> No real problem.
> Just to understand better how Oracle's database
> is working and to explain to myself (and anyone interested) what
> could be internal Oracle's motivations applying such restrictions.
> The origanal question was: "Why only INTEGERs for seconds?"
>

You question is rather pointless if you cannot substantiate why the SFU wait precision being seconds and not say microseconds might be a problem. Apparently, the original SFU designer decided that the precision is adequate for most practical purposes, just as is in the case of DATE type. Received on Fri Nov 11 2005 - 05:14:23 CST