archives again

[David Bandel]

On 11/24/05, Collins Richey <crichey at gmail.com> wrote:
> A final chuckle for this series:
>
> When MySQL starts on Ubuntu, the very next action in the boot sequence is
>
> "Checking for crashed databases in the background." <grin>

This is new.

>
> Needless to say, there is no such action when starting Postgres.

Doesn't say it, but that's basically what happens when any DB starts. 
It looks for incomplete transactions and either rolls forward (if it
can complete the transaction) or rolls back to a known stable state. 
Otherwise, how can you ensure data integrity (the I in ACID)?

Ciao,

David A. Bandel
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