In an attempt to throw the authorities off his trail, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew Sullivan) transmitted: > As the 7.4 beta rolls on, I thought now would be a good time to start > talking about the future. > > I have a potential need in the future for distributed transactions > (XA). To get that from Postgres, I'd need two-phase commit, I think. > There is someone working on such a project > (<http://snaga.org/pgsql/>), but last time it was discussed here, it > received a rather lukewarm reception (see, e.g., the thread starting > at > <http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2003-06/msg00752.php>).
Interesting/positive news on this front; the XA specification documents are now all available in PDF form "freely", from the Open Group, where they used to be fairly pricey. <http://www.opengroup.org/publications/catalog/tp.htm> Another notable XA documentation source is here... <http://www.middleware.net/tuxedo/resources/XA_Documentation.html> Two interesting implications of XA support would be that there could be some "congruence of interests" that would arise regarding two vendors: - XA is essentially based on the API of BEA Tuxedo. I'm told they include a simple database system with Tuxedo, but nothing particularly wonderful. (Who thinks of BEA as a DBMS vendor???) They might have interest in bundling something better... - The main Tuxedo reseller that I am aware of is PeopleSoft, who use it for their "high traffic" clients. Anyone that has seen news lately knows that they and Oracle aren't exactly "best pals" these days; having another DB option could be helpful to them... -- (format nil "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" "aa454" "freenet.carleton.ca") http://www3.sympatico.ca/cbbrowne/tpmonitor.html "In order to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe." -- Carl Sagan, Cosmos ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs/FAQ.html
