Principles of Transaction Processing for the Systems Professional (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems)

By Eric Newcomer and Philip A. Bernstein

Book Overview

Principles of Transaction Processing is a clear, concise guide for anyoneinvolved in developing applications, evaluating products, designing systems, or engineering products. This book provides an understanding of the internals oftransaction processing systems, describing how they work and how best to use them.It includes the architecture of transaction processing monitors, transactionalcommunications paradigms, and mechanisms for recovering from transaction andsystem failures.

Use of transaction processing systems in business, industry, andgovernment is increasing rapidly; the emergence of electronic commerce onthe Internet is creating new demands. As a result, many developers areencountering transaction processing applications for the first time and needa practical explanation of techniques. Software engineers who build andmarket operating systems, communications systems, programming tools, andother products used in transaction processing applications will also benefitfrom this thorough presentation of principles. Rich with examples, itdescribes commercial transaction processing systems, transactional aspectsof database servers, messaging systems, Internet servers, andobject-oriented systems, as well as each of their subsystems.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1558604154
• ISBN13: 9781558604155
• Release Date: November 1996
• Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 0.8" x 7.5"

Customer Reviews

Excellent intro to transaction principles

This book was written in 1997 which is often considered ancient in "Internet-years" but it is still very relevant because it focuses on fundamental principles of transaction processing (TP) rather than the latest whiz-bang technologies that optimize TP. For those of you who aren't TP experts, a transaction is a computer operation that meets the ACID test. ACID here stands for: Atomic - the steps that comprise transaction...

Clearly written, understandable intro to a complex subject

Transaction processing is a daunting topic, and this is one of the few books that provides the basics in a clear, understandable manner without overwhelming the reader. Most of the book is focused solely on transaction processing, but it touches on queuing as well, which makes it the ideal first book for anyone who is seeking details that extend beyond pure TP.I like the way that the authors use real products to reinforce...

clear, concise and practical

I have been using this book in the advanced undegraduate class series on Transaction Processing. Since this book, as emphasised in the preface has eveolved from the class material, it is exemplerary suited for that purpose. But not only in academia, this book has enought coverage to provide a first reference point in such topics as TP monitors, queue design, locking solutions, HA and recovery in databases, 2PC. Additionally,...

Understandable...

This book is my first "real" visit to transaction processing. As a host, this books welcomes me very well. When I knock its door, the preface says welcome in in a very friendly matter, and the words from Jim Gray's is a nice one to get to know each other with the book very well. The first conversation between us in the first two chapters make me very anthusiast to continue the conversation the next day. The next day (ch.3...

A very good introduction into TP concepts

This book is a very good introduction to transaction processing. It did a wonderful job of explaining concepts, and gave concise, clear examples. I would recommend this book as a primary text for anyone wanting to get an overview of the main TP ideas, with the Gray & Reuter book as a supplemental text. The book is very readable, too.