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The Aberdeen Group looks at free databases
The Aberdeen Group looks at free databases
Posted Mar 31, 2004 15:55 UTC (Wed) by tlewis (guest, #4195)Parent article: The Aberdeen Group looks at free databases
> Many (free databases) are clearly deficient in at least the first three
> aforementioned technologies - they do not offer (or offer limited) stored
> procedures, do not offer two-phase commit, and do not offer exceptional
> multiprocessing support
Uhh, postgresql has had two-phase commit and stored procedures for as long as I can remember. As for exceptional multiprocessing support, if they mean multi-threaded execution of single queries then they are right. I would be happy to leave that segment of the market to oracle and have the free db's take the rest. 8^)
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PG has two-phase??
Posted Mar 31, 2004 20:11 UTC (Wed) by Baylink (subscriber, #755) [Link]
When did that happen? And does it only do it with itself?
The Aberdeen Group looks at free databases
Posted Mar 31, 2004 21:55 UTC (Wed) by cajal (guest, #4167) [Link]
PostgreSQL does not have two-phase commit. There has been some discussion on the developers list about how to implement it, but it is still in the discussion stage.
The Aberdeen Group looks at free databases
Posted Apr 1, 2004 10:55 UTC (Thu) by pointwood (subscriber, #2814) [Link]
OTOH, According to the Firebird Factsheet, it supports this: http://www.firebirdsql.org/ff/foundation/FBFactsheet.html