Re: 2-phase commit

From: "Peter Galbavy" <peter(dot)galbavy(at)knowtion(dot)net>
To: "Jan Wieck" <JanWieck(at)Yahoo(dot)com>, "Bruce Momjian" <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: "Tatsuo Ishii" <t-ishii(at)sra(dot)co(dot)jp>, <andrew(at)libertyrms(dot)info>, <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: 2-phase commit
Date: 2003-10-14 08:59:58
Message-ID: 004601c39231$8db3f5e0$2f28a8c0@cblan.mblox.com
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Jan Wieck wrote:
> 2PC is not too slow in normal operations when everything is purring
> like little kittens and you're just wasting your excess bandwidth on
> it. The point is that it behaves horrible and like a dirty backstreet
> cat at the time when things go wrong ... basically it's a neat thing
> to have, but from the second you need it it becomes useless.

I can't see anyone being forced to use it once it maybe/is supported. Like
many tools, "ouch!" is a good reaction when used untrained/incorrectly.

Peter

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