Re: 'Official' definition of ACID compliance?

On Thu, 5 Jan 2006 15:11:49 -0500
Jaime Casanova <systemguards(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> On 1/5/06, Richard_D_Levine(at)raytheon(dot)com
> <Richard_D_Levine(at)raytheon(dot)com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > pgsql-general-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org wrote on 01/05/2006 01:59:52 PM:
> > <snip>
> > > so the problem is that MySQL _forces_ a consistent state but in
> > > the process it violates the integrity of the data
> > >
> > That is a contradiction in terms. Data integrity is a requirement
> > of database consistency.
> >
> >
>
> maybe, but it seems what happen in MySQL... because it forces a
> consistent state (one the fullfill the rules and constraints of the
> database) but when doing it it breaks or silently change your data...
>
> so the data can be saved because it's legal data but not correct
> data... then it is consistent to the machine but not for you...
>

See, this is why I was looking for some sort of 'official' definition
of the term, to remove the ambiguity introduced by individual
interpretation. :)

Anyone know who came up with the term in the first place?

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Russ