Coordinating multi-transaction activities
Héctor García-Molina, Dieter Gawlick, Johannes Klein, Karl Kleissner, Kenneth Salem · 1990
Data processing applications must often execute collections of related transactions. We propose a model for structuring and coordinating these multi-transaction activities. The model includes mechanisms for communication between transactions, for compensating transactions after an activity has failed, for dynamic creation and binding of activities, and for checkpointing the progress of an activity. THIS PAPER EXPRESSES THE VIEWS OF THE AUTHORS ONLY. IT DOES NOT EXPRESS THE OPINIONS OR FUTURE PRODUCT PLANS OF DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION. A shorter version of this paper appeared in the Database Engineering bulletin, 14, 1, March, 1991. Coordinating Multi-Transaction Activities Hector Garcia-Molina Dept. of Computer Science Princeton University Princeton, NJ 08544 Dieter Gawlick Johannes Klein Karl Kleissner Digital Equipment Corporation Mountain View, CA 94040 Kenneth Salem Dept. of Computer Science University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742 1. Introduction ...