Re: Distributed transactions (two-phase commint) without DB links

Simple and straightforward often surpasses 'clever and brilliant' in elegance, efficiency and maintainability.

It also requires that you have a good understanding of the system you are working with, in this case, Oracle.

On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 10:35:52 -0500, Mercadante, Thomas F <thomas.mercadante_at_labor.state.ny.us> wrote:
> Tom,
>
> You said: "The more I dig into the current database that I'm troubleshooting
> the less I appreciate non-standard, if brilliant, approaches."
>
> Let me just say, I *hate* clever brilliant approaches compared to standard
> straightforward approaches to problem solving. Clever & brilliant to me
> mean just what you said - somebody else's "nightmare" long after the person
> has left, while straightforward documented processes are much easier to
> maintain.
>

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