An execution model for distributed database transactions and its implementation in VPL

Eva Kühn, Franz Puntigam, Ahmed K. Elmagarmid

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Abstract

We present an execution model for distributed transactions that can be employed for multidatabase systems. We use the Flex Transaction model that has been proposed as a highly general and flexible tool for the specification of distributed transactions and extend it by allowing nested and possibly recnrsive transaction specifications. We show how a given transaction specification and its execution model can be mapped into a representation in a new concurrent Prolog language, the VPL (Vienna Parallel Logic) language. The representation in VPL can be considered as an executable specification. We show some optimizations concerning this mapping and define a significant subclass of Flex Transactions with a declarative representation in VPL that can be modeled by AND/OK structures. We argue that it is more advantageous to use VPL directly for the transaction specification because it provides more flexibility and more control aspects than the Flex Transaction model.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvances in Database Technology — EDBT 1992 - 3rd International Conference on Extending Database Technology, Proceedings
EditorsAlain Pirotte, Georg Gottlob, Claude Delobel
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages483-498
Number of pages16
ISBN (Print)9783540552703
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1992
Externally publishedYes
Event3rd International Conference on Extending Database Technology, EDBT 1992 - Vienna, Austria
Duration: 23 Mar 199227 Mar 1992

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume580 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference3rd International Conference on Extending Database Technology, EDBT 1992
Country/TerritoryAustria
CityVienna
Period23/03/9227/03/92

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