Re: MVCC implementation

Marshall wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Am I correct in regarding MVCC as pretty much the state of the art
> for relational implementation? (I know we hear things about TRM
> but until there's more published it doesn't seem evaluable.)
>
> Are there any difficulties associated with MVCC implementations
> supporting nested transactions?
>
> Any good references for reading about MVCC implementation?
> It's not clear to me how it works. Googling for it is doesn't get
> me any good references; mostly manuals for SQL products
> that support it. I'm interested in learning about how to code
> one up.
>
>
> Marshall

Your best bet in trying to get an intelligent answer might be this book:

Concurrency Control and Recovery in Database Systems Philip A. Bernstein, Vassos Hadzilacos, Nathan Goodman Received on Fri Jul 21 2006 - 22:34:57 CEST