Re: Idea for concurrent transactions
From: Anne & Lynn Wheeler <lynn_at_garlic.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 20:38:24 -0700
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Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 20:38:24 -0700
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Paul <paul_at_not.a.chance.ie> writes:
> Two database systems that I know a bit about use MVCC (also called
> record shadowing or record versioning - I like the shadowing term
> myself).
>
> The two systems are Interbase/Firebird and PostgreSQL - if you look on
> www.ibphoenix.com at the docs section, you should be able to find stuff
> that is a bit more than "gloss-over-the-details". Also, on the
> PostgreSQL site, the docs there might be of help.
>
> I believe that Informix uses it, and also Oracle some of the time.
illustra (originally montage) was versioning/shadowing ... remember data blades? they were bought by informix ... now incorporated into universal server
misc. search engine illustra
http://philip.greenspun.com/wtr/illustra-tips.html http://www.seyboldreports.com/SRDP/0dp10/D1011012.HTM http://www.dbmsmag.com/int9402.html
-- Anne & Lynn Wheeler | http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/Received on Fri Mar 19 2004 - 04:38:24 CET