Re: Dropping ACID - was Re: does a table always need a PK?

"Christopher Browne" <cbbrowne_at_acm.org> wrote in message news:bj2asn$egqfv$2_at_ID-125932.news.uni-berlin.de...
> Centuries ago, Nostradamus foresaw when "Paul Vernon" <paul.vernon_at_ukk.ibmm.comm>
would write:
> > Christopher, if you look back a few months in c.d.t, you will see some posts
under
> > the threads 'Transactions: good or bad?' and '"Transactions are bad, real bad" -
> > discuss' where I was defending my personal position that transactions are not
> > compatable with the logical level of the relational model.
>
> Looks to be worth a read; those are pretty long threads, so certainly
> aren't something to quickly comment on.
>
> If you had some central "thesis" to present that distilled the
> necessary bits, that would be helpful...

Transactions freeze time. That's not a good model of reality - time does not do that.

;-)

Regards
Paul Vernon
Business Intelligence, IBM Global Services Received on Tue Sep 02 2003 - 20:11:18 CEST