Wirt saves me from punishment after Gavin questions my:

>>> .. I believe both Robelle and AICS Research use essentially
>>> the same MR NOBUF technique to significantly speed up
>>> READ-ONLY serial access...

>> Are you sure?  I thought Wirt was allergic to PRIV mode :-)

> You have no reason to worry, Ken. You're completely correct.
> MR NOBUF has been in QueryCalc for about six or seven years.

so there !!!...  (<smug alert>, I guess... but I won't resist giving in
to temptation;  for one of the times I might be able to say I was
right and Gavin was wrong)....     ;-)

> And Gavin's right, too (sort of  :-).

> I am allergic to doing anything tricky. But PRIV modes reads
> against an IMAGE database don't fall into that category.

Well....  at least maybe I can say that I was "righter" than Gavin..
:-)

Ken Sletten