Re: What to do with this situiation 2
Date: 1997/10/03
Message-ID: <34393649.18478891_at_newshost>#1/1
On Fri, 03 Oct 1997 16:51:28 GMT, Thenardier_at_POBoxes.com (ªü´ö Thenardier) wrote:
>
>Another situation - a critical issue on emergency plan.
>
>In a client-server system, a client is committing a batch
>of records, say, 200, to an Oracle database (multiple tables
>perhaps) at the server. During the prcess, OOPS! the client's
>power is off! Only half of the records could be successfully
>committed. The user's just sitting there, shocked! Saying
>'where have all the data gone...?'
>
commit;
>When the power is on again, I don't think I could rollback
>all the records cos some of them has been committed.
>
>But what to do with the rest of the 'committing' data?
>Would it disappear forever?
>What should a system designer handle in design time?
>Does Oracle say anything about this?
>
>Most important. Any good books covering this issue?
>
>I'll be happy if anyone here could share ur experience :D
>
>Thanx very very very much!
>
>
>Thenard
Thomas Kyte
tkyte_at_us.oracle.com
Oracle Government
Bethesda MD
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Opinions are mine and do not necessarily reflect those of Oracle Corporation Received on Fri Oct 03 1997 - 00:00:00 CEST