RE: Are journal's UB & UP entries guaranteed to be in 1-2 sequence? -- MIDRANGE-L

Subject: RE: Are journal's UB & UP entries guaranteed to be in 1-2 sequence?
From: "John Earl" <john.earl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2003 11:49:23 -0700
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> Are an update record's UB (Update Before) & UP (Update
> After) entries
> guaranteed (no quibble, rock-solid, cross-my-heart) to be
> in 1-2 sequence,
> with NO possibility of another entry being written between
> them?  

I doubt that there is any guarantee.   With a high
transaction file, I'd de willing to bet that you could see
two UB's and then two UP's that each represented different
transactions.

jte

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