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Transaction Management

Managing Complex Transactions and Sharing Distributed Databases

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  • © 1998

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  1. Dimitris N. Chorafas
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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. The Transaction Environment at the End of the Twentieth Century

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Transaction Processing in the late 1990s and Beyond

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      Pages 3-23

    3. Global Transaction Requirements and Business Perspectives

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      Pages 24-44

    4. The Challenge Posed by Long Transactions

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      Pages 45-64

    5. Long Transactions and Object-Oriented Solutions

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      Pages 65-85

    6. Using Knowledge Engineering with Transaction Systems

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      Pages 86-108

  3. Systems Software for Efficient Transaction Handling

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 109-109
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    2. Functions of Transaction Processing Monitors

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      Pages 111-131

    3. Using the Web to Process Transactions

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      Pages 132-155

    4. OSF/1 and the ENCINA Transaction Monitor

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      Pages 156-174

    5. Active Data Transfers and Remote Procedure Calls

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      Pages 175-192

    6. Serialization in a Distributed Transaction Environment

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      Pages 193-212

  4. Database Challenges in Transaction Environments

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 213-213
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    2. Transaction Locks, Two-Phase Commit and Deadlocks

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      Pages 215-237

    3. Transaction Management and Database Resources

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      Pages 238-254

    4. Can We Improve Transaction-Oriented Database Management?

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      Pages 255-274

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 275-305
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About this book

This book provides an essential update for experienced data processing professionals, transaction managers and database specialists who are seeking system solutions beyond the confines of traditional approaches. It provides practical advice on how to manage complex transactions and share distributed databases on client servers and the Internet. Based on extensive research in over 100 companies in the USA, Europe, Japan and the UK, topics covered include : * the challenge of global transaction requirements within an expanding business perspective *how to handle long transactions and their constituent elements *possible benefits from object-oriented solutions * the contribution of knowledge engineering in transaction management * the Internet, the World Wide Web and transaction handling * systems software and transaction-processing monitors * OSF/1 and the Encina transaction monitor * active data transfers and remote procedure calls * serialization in a transaction environment * transaction locks, two-phase commit and deadlocks * improving transaction-oriented database management * the successful development of an increasingly complex transaction environment.

About the author

Dimitris N. Chorafas served on the faculty of the Catholic University of America and as Visiting Professor at Washington State University, George Washington University, University of Vermont, University of Florida, and Georgia Institute of Technology in the United States, as well as the University of Alberta, Technical University of Karlsruhe, Ecole d'Etudes Industrielles de l'Université de Genève, Ecole Polytechnic Fédérale de Lausanne, Polish Academy of Sciences and Russian Academy of Sciences. More than 8,000 banking, industrial and government executives participated in his seminars in the United States, England, Germany, Italy, other European countries, Asia and Latin America. Chorafas is the author of 160 books, translated into several languages world-wide.

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