Re: Changing database to SQL from DDS

From: Chevalier, Rick <Rick.Chevalier@americredit.com>
> * SQL would be a better choice for long running batch processes because it
> /automatically uses blocking operations
> * The SQL blocked FETCH and INSERT support provides an additional layer of
> blocking over and above the physical and logical layers. This is
application
> layer blocking. SQL automatically blocks read and write operations at the
> maximum blocking factor available for that release (Currently using a 128k
> buffer vs. 4 - 8 for DDS).

excuse me, but isn't the Single Level Store supposed to make all this
talk about blocking irrelevant? We used to hear that "traditional
computers" were worse than SLS because data had to transferred
from the disk into blocks of memory before being processed. SLS was
supposed to make that obsolete. No?