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From Ben
Subject two phase commit
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Msg-id Pine.LNX.4.64.0707191509310.27105@localhost.localdomain
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I'm reading the description of PREPARE TRANSACTION, and I see this:

"...its state is fully stored on disk, and there is a very high
probability that it can be committed successfully..."

What corner case reduces 2pc from "guaranteed" to "very high probability"?
Is the worry if somebody leaves transactions in a prepared state for
weeks, only to find that deadlock issues has arrisen at final commit time?

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