Re: [GENERAL] Replication Ideas

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Jan Wieck <JanWieck(at)Yahoo(dot)com>, Chris Travers <chris(at)travelamericas(dot)com>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)dcc(dot)uchile(dot)cl>, Ron Johnson <ron(dot)l(dot)johnson(at)cox(dot)net>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Replication Ideas
Date: 2003-08-27 03:57:26
Message-ID: 200308270357.h7R3vQQ27987@candle.pha.pa.us
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> > If you can detect if outside transactions conflict with your
> > transaction, you should be able to determine if the outside transactions
> > conflict with each other.
>
> Uh ... not necessarily. That amounts to assuming that every xact has
> complete knowledge of the actions of every other, which is an assumption
> I'd rather not make. Detecting that what you've done conflicts with
> someone else is one thing, detecting that party B has conflicted with
> party C is another league entirely.

Yep.

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