[Info-vax] Databases versus RMS

[Paul Sture]

On Thu, 19 Apr 2012 07:57:41 +0200, Dirk Munk wrote:

> Two phase commit was something else as far as I remember. Think of a
> central location where you have a complete database, and a branch office
> with a part of the database that is important for that office. All the
> database actions will be done on the local database of every office, and
> only when a transaction needs to be written to the databases, both
> database instances will communicate to insure that the information in
> both databases stays synchronised.

The example I was given was withdrawing cash from an ATM (though in 
reality that example is a bit more complex).



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Paul Sture