James Henstridge wrote at 2008-1-24 23:16 +0900:
>On 23/01/2008, Dieter Maurer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> ...
>Here is a concrete example:
>
>1. create two databases on a single PostgreSQL install.
>2. write an application that connects to each database (which implies
>two connections).
>3. try to prepare transactions on each connection using the same
>transaction identifier.
>
>One of the transactions will fail with a "transaction identifier is
>already in use" error.  While each connection is accessing independent
>resources, the transaction ID namespace is shared by all databases in
>the cluster.
>
>Now if you include a branch qualifier in the transaction IDs the
>problem is avoided.  The MySQL documentation leads me to believe it
>behaves similarly.

This description suggests that the TM provides the "main" transaction
identifier and the resource manager could add the branch part.



-- 
Dieter
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