On Tue, Mar 28, 2006 at 10:27:39PM +0200, Antoine wrote: > Hi, > Does anyone know of any fairly entry-level documentation for the > benefits-drawbacks of MVCC in the db? As it relates to performance? > Postgres vs the others? > Cheers > Antoine It's not dedicated to discussing MVCC alone, but http://www.pervasive-postgres.com/lp/newsletters/2005/Insights_opensource_Dec.asp#2 might provide you with some useful info. -- Jim C. Nasby, Sr. Engineering Consultant jnasby@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Pervasive Software http://pervasive.com work: 512-231-6117 vcard: http://jim.nasby.net/pervasive.vcf cell: 512-569-9461