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> Yeah, basically with PostgreSQL it boils down to the fact that even if a client receives an error on commit, its writes may in fact have succeeded -- and it c
by biokoda 11y ago
> Yeah, basically with PostgreSQL it boils down to the fact that even if a client receives an error on commit, its writes may in fact have succeeded -- and it cannot assume that they haven't.
This is true for almost every database. Otherwise they would require a distributed transaction between the client and server.
- lomnakkus 11y agoIndeed, but given that we were talking about $DISTSYS vs. $CONCRETE_THING, I just mentioned the $CONCRETE_THING by name. You are of course technically right... which is the best kind of right! :)