Gavin wrote after Bob:

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> A common excuse for not doing TPC-C that I've heard is that
> the benchmark
> requires an SQL database.  This is clearly not the case
> reading the specs,
> and as far as I can tell Image has all of the database functionality
> required to implement TPC-C.  There are also plenty of
> opportunities for
> clever coding.
>
> Keep in mind though that the other operating systems and DBMS vendors
> have been tuning against this benchmark for years.
>
> G.

  Allbase/SQL can be pretty impressive if coded for properly.  There
is (in general) a lot more maintenance items to be performed on a regular
basis than for Image, but if you need a basic and reliable RDBMS, Allbase/SQL
has grown-up nicely over the years.  (Now if I can only convince the labs
to get that ANSI 'AS' clause added, it would make it even nicer for the
Client-Server / Web-Application Server crowd!).

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