unordained wrote:

> ---------- Original Message -----------
> From: "Ann W. Harrison" <aharrison@...>
>> That kind of breaks transactions ... the remote transaction is
>> committed while the local transaction is still running...
>> Ann
> ------- End of Original Message -------
>
> Indeed. It would be meant as a temporary solution anyway,

One problem that system programmer face that's not universal among
application developers is that there are no temporary solutions.
Everything that gets released lives forever - or close enough.
So throwing in a hack that can't be made architecturally sound
is a little like building a new pavilion out of stones you've dug
out of the foundation.


Best regards,

Ann