Dougie & Connor That is why the game needs very quick persistence data store. Thus the quest for quick short I/Os. They will probably be 'bulk' actioned. ta tony At 10:07 AM 15/08/2005, Connor McDonald wrote: >Which comes back to one of my favourite quotes. > >A past client implemented a public-facing system (100% Java) which had >all the bells and whistles for the end-user - whizz bang graphics, >heaps of automation of the regular tasks they had to do etc, but >terrible usage and understanding of the underlying Oracle database. >We pointed out that data integrity was sortta important but they >forged on and went live anyway... > >Net result - front page of the newspapers with people getting other >people's information, sent to the wrong address, with the wrong >details etc etc etc... > >In the subsequent crisis meeting I asked: > >"What percentage data integrity do we have?" > >Funny... I always thought it was a boolean. > >-- >Connor McDonald >=========================== >email: connor_mcdonald@xxxxxxxxx >web: http://www.oracledba.co.uk > >"Semper in excremento, sole profundum qui variat" >-- >//www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l