[Info-ingres] Was row-level locking ever an "extra cost" option?

[Chris Clark]

On Friday, July 5, 2019 at 10:04:04 AM UTC-7, Karl and Betty Schendel wrote:
> > On Jul 5, 2019, at 6:43 AM, Roy Hann <specially at processed.almost.meat> wrote:
> > 
> > My memory fades. Was row-level locking ever an "extra cost" option?
> > 
> > I don't think it was but funny things happened in the past, like
> > creating tables (briefly) being an extra cost option...!
> 
> 
> I'm not 100% certain, but I don't believe it was ever license-controlled.

I can confirm Marty is correct, it was added as a new feature to the base product. You did need to use larger (than 2Kb) page sizes to make use of it so some minor DBA work was needed if upgrading.

Chris