Re: PostgreSQL and distributed transactions

On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 11:42:14AM +0200, Dimitri Fontaine wrote:
> Jayadevan M <Jayadevan(dot)Maymala(at)ibsplc(dot)com> writes:
> > But the initial setup for the client is done by 'Admin' and in that
> > work-flow, we need distributed transactions. The transaction will start
> > from the 'Admin" server, do some inserts on the 'Client' server and then
> > either rollback or commit on both the servers. Is it possible to do this
> > with PostgreSQL? Any helpful links?
>
> See about 2 Phase Commit, but you will need a transaction manager I guess :
>
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/sql-prepare-transaction.html
>

If I may be allowed to toot my own horn, may I suggest this as an example:
http://blog.endpoint.com/2010/07/distributed-transactions-and-two-phase.html

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