>>>>>Its hard to sell RVs with "enterprise" systems.
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>>>>Why?
>>>If RVs are being used, and there are a ton of desktops with the same view open, a change to the view by one user would cascade throughout the other open views (system?) - that would seem to slow the system down, wouldn't it?
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>>I'm not sure exactly what you mean here, but am fairly sure it's incorrect. :-)
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>>The definition of a view is stored in a dbc- that dbc can be shared by all users in a central location (not recommended in a high usage app), or each user can have his own copy, retreived or created at app startup.
>I think I'm equating high-usage app with enterprise systems. If you and I are looking at an RV, and you change a field (column?) value, will my RV see the change?
No. Each client holds his own copy of the cursor created by the view.
Erik Moore
Clientelligence