On 12/20/05, Nörder-Tuitje, Marcus <noerder-tuitje@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > MVCC blocks reading processes when data is modified. That is incorrect. The main difference between 2PL and MVCC is that readers are never blocked under MVCC. greetings, Nicolas -- Nicolas Barbier http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html