Re: MVCC implementation

From: David Cressey <dcressey_at_verizon.net>
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 11:02:27 GMT
Message-ID: <7N1xg.20351$V41.431@trndny08>

"Paul" <paul_at_see.my.sig.com> wrote in message news:8ru7c2pp862nr65kontrkio5vadflpi2ee_at_4ax.com...
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> > > 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.
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> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiversion_concurrency_control
> > It traces a history of MVCC, Starkey, DEC, Datatrieve, and Rdb/VMS.
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> 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.
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> http://www.ibphoenix.com/main.nfs?a=ibphoenix&page=ibp_history
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> > Starkey is one of the unrecognized giants, in my view. Some day, I've
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> > to learn Firebird.
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> 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").

Oops, my ignorant gaffe. Thanks for the info. Received on Mon Jul 24 2006 - 06:02:27 CDT