Re: Atomic file data replace API

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On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 7:56 PM, Thomas Bellman <bellman@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> True, that's why this feature request is here.
>> Note that it's (ATM) only about Âsingle 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. ÂThere is no need to introduce another, less flexible,
> API for doing the same thing.

You might want to read about the problems with that workaround.

>> What could you do between commit and close?
>
> More write() operations, of course. ÂJust 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.
-- 
Olaf
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