| From: | The Hermit Hacker <scrappy(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
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| To: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Mike Mascari <mascarm(at)mascari(dot)com>, Rod Taylor <rbt(at)rbt(dot)ca>, Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au>, PostgreSQL Development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Two weeks to feature freeze |
| Date: | 2003-06-23 05:01:52 |
| Message-ID: | 20030623020026.R95856@hub.org |
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On Sun, 22 Jun 2003, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Tom Lane wrote:
> > Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> > > Tom Lane wrote:
> > >> I think it's a cool-sounding phrase that does not actually work in
> > >> practice.
> >
> > > I think 2PC can be used to build more complex features,
> >
> > Only if it works to begin with. If it's unreliable, what are you gonna
> > build on it?
>
> The question was whether 2PC is useful. The question wasn't if an
> unreliable 2PC was useful.
I have to back Bruce up on this one ... is there a reason why 2PC couldn't
be made reliable? I'm guessin that Oracle supports 2PC ... ? If so, is
it unreliable?
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