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Re: 2-phase commit

Rod Taylor <rbt@rbt.ca>

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From: Rod Taylor <rbt@rbt.ca>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>, Andrew Sullivan <andrew@libertyrms.info>, PostgreSQL Development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2003-10-09T15:45:33Z
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On Thu, 2003-10-09 at 11:14, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Bruce Momjian writes:
> 
> > If you want cross-server transactions, what other methods are there that
> > are more reliable?
> 
> 3-phase commit

How about a real world example of a transaction manager that has
actually implemented 3PC?

But yes, the ability for the participants to talk to each-other in the
event the controller is unavailable seems an obvious fix.