Re: pointer to feature comparisons, please

From: Ron Johnson <ron(dot)l(dot)johnson(at)cox(dot)net>
To: PostgreSQL General List <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: pointer to feature comparisons, please
Date: 2007-06-13 21:00:19
Message-ID: 46705AE3.7070706@cox.net
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On 06/13/07 15:02, Kevin Hunter wrote:
[snip]
>
> 'To enforce this rule without integrity constraints, you can use a
> trigger to query the department table and test that each new employee's
> department is valid. But this method is less reliable than the integrity
> constraint. SELECT in Oracle Database uses "consistent read", so the
> query might miss uncommitted changes from other transactions.'

Isn't it *supposed* to mis UNcommitted changes from other transactions?

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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA

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