Chris wrote:
>
> "Daniel L. Rall" wrote:
> >
> > Chris wrote:
> > >
> > > "Daniel L. Rall" wrote:
> > >
> > > > I can't believe that people can really be convinced that they need all
> > > > the extra shit described in that tired old paper. It makes sense in
> > > > certain contexts (billing systems, etc.), certainly, but not for your
> > > > run of the mill web app.
> > >
> > > Will you like getting out of bed at 3am to recover the database because
> > > of a power outage or other system crash?. That's what a logging database
> > > is all about, it can recover from sudden failure all by itself, which I
> > > consider an essential feature for anything running 24hrs a day, which
> > > the web clearly does.
> >
> > I'm clearly skeptical. ;)
>
> Which part are you skeptical about?
The part about this actually working like it's supposed to
consistantly. And even if it does, the transaction rollbacks involved
just really aren't that big a deal in most web app contexts.
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