> Hello, Vlad!
>
> Tuesday, April 3, 2012, 2:36:23 PM, you wrote:
>
>>> Because I consider decryption as a "single-user" operation. Seems you
>>> want people to work with DB while it is being encrypted.
>
> VK> Of course ! "single-user" operations is BAD in *multy-user* software,
> let not
> VK> create one more...
>
> Funny joke.
Nope.
> But it work only if you think that admin will play with
> encrypting/decrypting DB the whole day, or if encryption of 1gb
> database will take several hours.
Consider 500GB database in 24x7 mode, if you wish
> I think, if something can be done in exclusive mode, it must
> not be spreaded over the code and multiuser access.
Following your logic we should make backup also in exclusive mode, isn't it
? :)
> Database encryption or decryption is a some kind of
> "preparation" work, that must not be executed suddenly and several
> times per day.
>
> Anyway, "encrypted" flag at the header of the page makes
> this conversation useless.
Good that we can have agreement (or it is mighty IB convinced you ?)
Regards,
Vlad
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