From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_20,REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: backlog3.nntp.dca3.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!newspeer1.nac.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed0.kamp.net!newsfeed.kamp.net!news.unit0.net!cyclone03.ams2.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!voer-me.highwinds-media.com!post02.fr7!fx10.fr7.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: From: Mike H Reply-To: Mike Hopkins Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada and PL/pgSQL ? References: <304f2721-64bc-4959-a7e8-0cc29cf5204f@googlegroups.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=us-ascii;format=flowed User-Agent: Turnpike/6.07-M () NNTP-Posting-Host: 83.104.138.185 X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net X-Trace: 1399718667 83.104.138.185 (Sat, 10 May 2014 10:44:27 UTC) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 10 May 2014 10:44:27 UTC Date: Sat, 10 May 2014 11:40:15 +0100 X-Received-Body-CRC: 943273770 X-Received-Bytes: 1433 Xref: number.nntp.dca.giganews.com comp.lang.ada:186342 Date: 2014-05-10T11:40:15+01:00 List-Id: Please forgive the ramblings of this 80-year-old who is stuck in an Ada95 time warp but as I understand it, the steps in a transaction boil down to A: An enquiry concerning a proposed transaction (in outline form) B1: A detailed check that the transaction is compliant with trading rules, etc. B2: Confirmation that funds are available (and, if so, locking them) C: Completion or abandonment (or time-out?) of the transaction Could B1 and B2 be concurrent tasks that on completion, rendezvous with C? -- The thing I like best about the Internet is that no one knows that, in reality, I am just another old dog! Mike