Thread (28 messages) 28 messages, 7 authors, 2011-01-26

Re: Atomic file data replace API

From: Olaf van der Spek <hidden>
Date: 2011-01-09 19:06:06

On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 7:56 PM, Thomas Bellman [off-list ref] wro=
te:
quoted
True, that's why this feature request is here.
Note that it's (ATM) only about =C2=A0single file data replace.
That particular problem was solved with the introduction of the
rename(2) system call in 4.2BSD a bit more than a quarter of a
century ago. =C2=A0There is no need to introduce another, less flexib=
le,
API for doing the same thing.
You might want to read about the problems with that workaround.
quoted
What could you do between commit and close?
More write() operations, of course. =C2=A0Just like you can continue
with more transactions after a COMMIT WORK call without having
to close and re-open the database in SQL.
The transaction is defined as beginning with open and ending with close=
=2E
--=20
Olaf
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