Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Using DDL Statements to Create and Manage Tables

Database Objects :


Naming Rules :

Table names and column names:
– Must begin with a letter
– Must be 1–30 characters long
– Must contain only A–Z, a–z, 0–9, _, and $
– Must not duplicate the name of another object owned by the same user
– Must not be an PostgreSQL server reserved word

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Read Consistency

Read Consistency :
  • Read consistency guarantees a consistent view of the data at all times.
  • Changes made by one user do not conflict with changes made by another user.
  • Read consistency ensures that on the same data :
  • Readers do not wait for writers
  • Writers do not wait for readers
Implementation of Read Consistency :

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