Re: MVCC implementation

vc wrote:
> 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

I second this suggestion. Or read some of Bernstein's papers in ACM.

• Dan