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From: obb130t@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix,comp.databases
Subject: Re: SCO XENIX-NET + DataFlex
Message-ID: <4053@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au>
Date: 4 May 89 22:49:55 GMT
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In article <556@acp.OZ>, clive@acp.OZ (Clive Richmond) writes:
> Is there anybody out in netland using SCO XENIX-NET and database 
> DataFlex ? or that matter any sort of multiuser database ?
> 
Yes, we have thousands of users of Dataflex over this end of the country
but not too many doing it with Unix.  A little while ago we had Canveon
from Canada on -- if you look back over the database postings you might
find an address for them.

> Mainly interested in how the database handles the multiuser aspect i.e.
> the locking of data on one machine, which is being accessed by a user 
> on another machine, + what the response times are like.

It's one of the better performers in multiuser stuff on (say) Novell, 
but not without problems because of some pecularities in concurrency 
control.  If you want general info about how Dataflex does it I can help,
but not Unix.  Sorry!

PS Keep posting.  A bit more Dataflex traffic wouldn't do any harm.

~~David.
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