Re: MVCC implementation

> > 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.

> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiversion_concurrency_control
> It traces a history of MVCC, Starkey, DEC, Datatrieve, and Rdb/VMS.

Some of that history is available on the www.ibphoenix.com site - it's a bit more folksey and intimate that what's on wiki.

http://www.ibphoenix.com/main.nfs?a=ibphoenix&page=ibp_history  

> Starkey is one of the unrecognized giants, in my view. Some day, I've got
> to learn Firebird.

He's not all that unrecognised, he's probably earning megabucks as the MySQL head of developement or whatever his role is (update - just Googled, "Senior Software Architect").  

Paul...

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