[dba-SQLServer] TicketMaster-like Timer

Arthur Fuller artful at rogers.com
Fri Dec 24 23:15:12 CST 2004


Don't be sorry, Andy. You have it exactly right. First come, first grab 
-- unless you bust the timeout. It's quite true that many tickets could 
sell very quickly, but if you're the first guy in, I want you to declare 
the number of tickets asap and then reserve them for you for N minutes 
and if you're a slow typist or have second thoughts, you're toast and 
the tickets are un-reserved.

Andy Lacey wrote:

>No argument about that. But I still contend that all of the sites I use, and
>that includes TicketMaster UK, give you x time to finalise your purchase
>once you've said you're buying, however busy they are. Anyway, this debate
>is pointless as it's a company policy that Arthur's place will or will not
>have, not a system matter. Sorry I started it really.
>
>-- Andy Lacey
>http://www.minstersystems.co.uk 
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>>Which often sell out 15000+ seat venues in mere minutes
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>>David
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>>-----Original Message-----
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>>Oh, and Arthur (I believe) is talking about tickets for gigs.
>>--
>>Andy Lacey
>>http://www.minstersystems.co.uk
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