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Database Protocols Are Underwhelming (byroot.github.io)
2 points by faebi 10 months ago | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


> idempotency

Even with the ability to detect that something is a retry, there are more wrinkles, like a query that involves NOW() which would be correct to run now-now [0], but would not accomplish the desired result if run 15 seconds later. Or uses of RAND(), unless there's some control over the seed.

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRGCZh5A8T4&t=1m17s




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