Synopses & Reviews
< p=""> < i=""> Principles of Transaction Processing<> is a clear, concise guide for anyone< br=""> involved in developing applications, evaluating products, designing systems, < br=""> or engineering products. This book provides an understanding of the internals of< br=""> transaction processing systems, describing how they work and how best to use them.< br=""> It includes the architecture of transaction processing monitors, transactional< br=""> communications paradigms, and mechanisms for recovering from transaction and< br=""> system failures.<> < br=""> < br=""> < p=""> Use of transaction processing systems in business, industry, and< br=""> government is increasing rapidly; the emergence of electronic commerce on< br=""> the Internet is creating new demands. As a result, many developers are< br=""> encountering transaction processing applications for the first time and need< br=""> a practical explanation of techniques. Software engineers who build and< br=""> market operating systems, communications systems, programming tools, and< br=""> other products used in transaction processing applications will also benefit< br=""> from this thorough presentation of principles. Rich with examples, it< br=""> describes commercial transaction processing systems, transactional aspects< br=""> of database servers, messaging systems, Internet servers, and< br=""> object-oriented systems, as well as each of their subsystems.<> < br=""> < br=""> * Easy-to-read descriptions of fundamentals.< br=""> * Real world examples illustrating key points.< br=""> * Focuses on practical issues faced by developers.< br=""> * Explains most major products andstandards, including IBM's CICS, IMS, and MQSeries; X/Open's XA, STDL, and TX; BEA Systems' TUXEDO; Digital's ACMS; Transarc's Encina; AT& T/NCR's TOP END; Tandem's Pathway/TS; OMG's OTS; and Microsoft's Microsoft Transaction Server.
Review
rp, ACM Computing Reviews, November 1997
Review
"The best introduction to transaction processing systems I have ever read."
K.Torp, ACM Computing Reviews, November 1997
Synopsis
Principles of Transaction Processing is a clear, concise guide for anyone involved in developing applications, evaluating products, designing systems, or engineering products. This book provides an understanding of the internals of transaction processing systems, describing how they work and how best to use them.
It includes the architecture of transaction processing monitors, transactional communications paradigms, and mechanisms for recovering from transaction and system failures.
Use of transaction processing systems in business, industry, and government is increasing rapidly; the emergence of electronic commerce on the Internet is creating new demands. As a result, many developers are encountering transaction processing applications for the first time and need a practical explanation of techniques. Software engineers who build and market operating systems, communications systems, programming tools, and other products used in transaction processing applications will also benefit from this thorough presentation of principles. Rich with examples, it describes commercial transaction processing systems, transactional aspects of database servers, messaging systems, Internet servers, and object-oriented systems, as well as each of their subsystems.
* Easy-to-read descriptions of fundamentals.
* Real world examples illustrating key points.
* Focuses on practical issues faced by developers.
* Explains most major products and standards, including IBM's CICS, IMS, and MQSeries; X/Open's XA, STDL, and TX; BEA Systems' TUXEDO; Digital's ACMS; Transarc's Encina; AT&T/NCR's TOP END; Tandem's Pathway/TS; OMG's OTS; and Microsoft's Microsoft Transaction Server.
Synopsis
ina; AT&T/NCR's TOP END; Tandem's Pathway/TS; OMG's OTS; and Microsoft's Microsoft Transaction Server.
Synopsis
BM's CICS, IMS, and MQSeries; X/Open's XA, STDL, and TX; BEA Systems' TUXEDO; Digital's ACMS; Transarc's Encina; AT&T/NCR's TOP END; Tandem's Pathway/TS; OMG's OTS; and Microsoft's Microsoft Transaction Server.
About the Author
is a Principal Researcher at Microsoft Corporation and author of over 150 technical articles on database and transaction systems. He was previously lead architect for Digital Equipment Corporation’s transaction processing products group and was a professor at Harvard University. He is an ACM Fellow and member of the National Academy of Engineering.is an independent consultant working in the CTO Office at Progress Software. He was previously CTO of IONA Technologies and a TP Architect at Digital Equipment Corporation. He has contributed to multiple enterprise software products and standards.
Program manager, Digital Equipment Corporation, Groton, MA, USA
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2: Transaction Processing Monitors
Chapter 3: Transaction Processing Communications
Chapter 4: Queued Transaction Processing
Chapter 5: Transaction Processing Monitor Examples
Chapter 6: Locking
Chapter 7: High Availability
Chapter 8: Database System Recovery
Chapter 9: Two-Phase Commit
Chapter 10: Replication
Chapter 11: Conclusion