b) A mode for disabling Multi-generation record handling (or whatever
it's called), allowing Exclusive access to save a *lot* of time on
large operations/analysis. The otherwise brilliant IB concurrency
scheme is quite expensive...indices would possibly be available for
fast count/selects on index solely in such a mode.

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There already is the ability to have an exclusive attachment. This
does not disable the MGA (Multi-generational architecture) - but it
does reduce the page locking overhead.

I can kinda see where you're heading, though, but it would have to be
a read-only, exclusive-access, and just-after-a-sweep type of
operation.

InterBase uses the MGA to provide transaction rollback, as well as
concurrency.

DAve



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