On Thu, Apr 28, 2016 at 11:39 AM, Ann Harrison <[email protected]>
wrote:

A lot of stuff including:

> In ancient history, even in read-committed mode, Firebird blocked
> transactions from updating records if the most recent version was created
> by a concurrent transaction.  At the time, we considered anyone who liked
> inconsistency not worth worrying much about.  It was a long time ago.
>
Or maybe not.  I mentioned this thread to Jim who's creating yet another
databases thirty-plus years after InterBase.  His reaction?  "Read
committed is flawed in premise.   You can reach any conclusion from a
flawed premise."

Cheers,

Ann

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