Rod Taylor wrote: -- Start of PGP signed section. > > Perhaps the people on this list who are pushing 2PC could do the ground work? > > > - 2PC is better than a standard transaction when dealing with multiple > servers as it can recover in some circumstances (but not all). > > - 2PC (XA support as described by the X/Open group) is the only > implementation of distributed transactions supported by many third party > components -- that I'm aware of -- to the point where it is a part of > the Java Spec on dealing with distributed transactions. > > - 2PC isn't very good in a number of circumstances, as such PostgreSQL > should avoid its use when PostgreSQL has a choice in the matter -- like > communication with other PostgreSQL servers. > > This is a case of learning to speak Japanese because all of the people > you want to talk with only speak Japanese. It simply doesn't matter how > good Esperanto is.
Agreed --- other db's have it, and people ask for it, so we should just do our best and document the limitations. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
