[MUD-Dev] using DB to store game state

[J C Lawrence]

On Mon, 26 Jun 2000 17:28:31 -0700 
J C Lawrence <claw at cp.net> wrote:

> On Mon, 26 Jun 2000 16:21:14 -0500 Eli Stevens
> <wickedgrey at wickedgrey.com> wrote:

>> It features "atomic commits" (my term, I think)...

> Nope, old term.  You might like to also look at the definition of
> ACID as relates to databases.  From the TPC-W Frequently Asked
> Questions (FAQ) (happened to have a convenient definition):

Philip Greenspun has better text at:

  http://www.arsdigita.com/books/panda/databases-choosing.html

Which just happens to come with a mini LearnSQL course, and other
standard Greenspun verbiage.

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