Re: 2-phase commit - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Peter Galbavy
Subject Re: 2-phase commit
Date
Msg-id 004601c39231$8db3f5e0$2f28a8c0@cblan.mblox.com
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In response to Re: 2-phase commit  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
List pgsql-hackers
Jan Wieck wrote:
> 2PC is not too slow in normal operations when everything is purring
> like little kittens and you're just wasting your excess bandwidth on
> it. The point is that it behaves horrible and like a dirty backstreet
> cat at the time when things go wrong ... basically it's a neat thing
> to have, but from the second you need it it becomes useless.

I can't see anyone being forced to use it once it maybe/is supported. Like
many tools, "ouch!" is a good reaction when used untrained/incorrectly.

Peter



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