Re: Two-phase commit issues - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: Two-phase commit issues
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Msg-id 200505201525.j4KFP8518206@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Two-phase commit issues  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Responses Re: Two-phase commit issues
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Tom Lane wrote:
> I've started to look seriously at Heikki's patch for two-phase commit.
> There are a few issues that probably deserve discussion:
> 
> * The major missing issue that I've come across so far is that
> subtransaction and multixact state isn't preserved across a crash.

I am a little confused by this.  How does two-phase commit add extra
requirements on crash recovery?  I understand a crashed server might be
involved in a two-phase commit, but doesn't the transaction just roll
back?

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