Re: MVCC and index-only read

From: "Jonah H(dot) Harris" <jonah(dot)harris(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: "Scott Marlowe" <scott(dot)marlowe(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: "Thomas Kellerer" <spam_eater(at)gmx(dot)net>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: MVCC and index-only read
Date: 2008-11-18 20:27:33
Message-ID: 36e682920811181227w517bb45q2261811899d41aa7@mail.gmail.com
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On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 3:07 PM, Scott Marlowe <scott(dot)marlowe(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>> They aren't borrowing anything, Oracle has had this functionality
>> since at least Oracle 8i (1999).
>
> Whoa, calm down Francis.

My name's not Francis :)

> I'm not suggesting they stole it or something. Just that they're using
> the same basic concepts.

Hmm...

--- snip
> Sounds like they're borrowing the code from innodb that does much the same thing

You can't borrow something you started developing prior to InnoDB's release.

--
Jonah H. Harris, Senior DBA
myYearbook.com

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