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Hello all,



First, sorry about so many doubts in so little time, but I’m trying to decide
how to do some things on my application concerning cayenne. So adding to my
previous doubts, here goes some more doubts:



1. Do cayenne transactions guarantee consistency as MySQL transactions
guarantee?

2. Do you think cayenne’s optimistic locking is reliable enough to use on
a financial web application with money movements between accounts, where you
could have lots of people messing with the same accounts? If not, how can use a
regular lock from the MySQL DB? With a performNonSelectingQuery?



Thank you so much

Bruno Santos

--



Bruno René Santos | Gestor de Projectos - Project Manager |
[email protected] | <http://www.holos.pt>
http://www.holos.pt



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  • Michael Gentry at Oct 28, 2010 at 2:16 pm
    1) Cayenne does a begin transaction and end transaction when it
    commits (assuming you aren't using container-managed transactions, in
    which Cayenne is deferring that operation to the container). Are you
    at least using InnoDB with MySQL? MySQL hasn't had the best track
    record for handling transactions/rollbacks.

    2) I'd say optimistic locking is critical especially in a financial
    application. Maybe you wouldn't need/want it for a Facebook, but you
    certainly want it when integrity of the data is important. Cayenne's
    optimistic locking is more reliable than using a version number or
    time stamp column.

    3) Are you really using MySQL for a financial application? MySQL
    likes to silently (without error) change data on you. This can lead
    to data loss without you ever knowing about it.

    mrg

    On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 9:54 AM, Bruno René Santos wrote:
    Hello all,



    First, sorry about so many doubts in so little time, but I’m trying to decide
    how to do some things on my application concerning cayenne. So adding to my
    previous doubts, here goes some more doubts:



    1.       Do cayenne transactions guarantee consistency as MySQL transactions
    guarantee?

    2.       Do you think cayenne’s optimistic locking is reliable enough to use on
    a financial web application with money movements between accounts, where you
    could have lots of people messing with the same accounts? If not, how can use a
    regular lock from the MySQL DB? With a performNonSelectingQuery?



    Thank you so much

    Bruno Santos

    --



    Bruno René Santos | Gestor de Projectos - Project Manager |
    [email protected] |  <http://www.holos.pt>
    http://www.holos.pt



    Holos - Soluções Avançadas em Tecnologias de Informação S.A.

    Parque de Ciência e Tecnologia de Almada/Setúbal . Edifício Madan Parque

    Rua dos Inventores . Quinta da Torre . 2825 - 182 Caparica

    Phone: +351 210 438 686 . Fax: +351 210 438 687



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  • Bruno René Santos at Oct 28, 2010 at 2:54 pm
    Hi Michael,

    Thanx for the answers. About point 1, when you talk about the 'container', what
    do you mean? So you're telling me the default transaction engine Cayenne uses is
    from the DB, not managed by cayenne programmatically (cayenne calls BEGIN
    TRANSACTION and COMMIT from the DB)?

    About point 2, I was asking your opinion about the degree of reliability on
    comparing cayenne's optimistic locking with lockings from the DB. Or do you mean
    cayenne uses this mechanism straight from the DB? I was always a little confused
    about if cayenne implemented these two mechanisms (transactions and locking) or
    just called the proper methods from the DB.

    Thanx a lot

    Bruno

    -----Mensagem original-----
    De: Michael Gentry
    Enviada: quinta-feira, 28 de Outubro de 2010 15:16
    Para: [email protected]
    Assunto: Re: Cayenne Transactions vs MySQL Transactions

    1) Cayenne does a begin transaction and end transaction when it
    commits (assuming you aren't using container-managed transactions, in
    which Cayenne is deferring that operation to the container). Are you
    at least using InnoDB with MySQL? MySQL hasn't had the best track
    record for handling transactions/rollbacks.

    2) I'd say optimistic locking is critical especially in a financial
    application. Maybe you wouldn't need/want it for a Facebook, but you
    certainly want it when integrity of the data is important. Cayenne's
    optimistic locking is more reliable than using a version number or
    time stamp column.

    3) Are you really using MySQL for a financial application? MySQL
    likes to silently (without error) change data on you. This can lead
    to data loss without you ever knowing about it.

    mrg

    On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 9:54 AM, Bruno René Santos wrote:
    Hello all,



    First, sorry about so many doubts in so little time, but I’m trying to decide
    how to do some things on my application concerning cayenne. So adding to my
    previous doubts, here goes some more doubts:



    1.       Do cayenne transactions guarantee consistency as MySQL transactions
    guarantee?

    2.       Do you think cayenne’s optimistic locking is reliable enough to use on
    a financial web application with money movements between accounts, where you
    could have lots of people messing with the same accounts? If not, how can use a
    regular lock from the MySQL DB? With a performNonSelectingQuery?



    Thank you so much

    Bruno Santos

    --



    Bruno René Santos | Gestor de Projectos - Project Manager |
    [email protected] |  <http://www.holos.pt>
    http://www.holos.pt



    Holos - Soluções Avançadas em Tecnologias de Informação S.A.

    Parque de Ciência e Tecnologia de Almada/Setúbal . Edifício Madan Parque

    Rua dos Inventores . Quinta da Torre . 2825 - 182 Caparica

    Phone: +351 210 438 686 . Fax: +351 210 438 687



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  • Michael Gentry at Oct 28, 2010 at 3:25 pm
    Hi Bruno,

    1) By container-managed I mean the container (such as JBoss) is doing
    transaction management instead of Cayenne. This typically is not the
    case (I've never used container-managed). There is a checkbox in
    Cayenne Modeler (on the DataDomain editor) to control this.
    Regardless of that checkbox, though, the database is ultimately
    managing the transaction. This is pretty standard and what you want.

    2) Optimistic locking is implemented by Cayenne, not the database. It
    is a strategy to protect data without actually locking rows/pages in
    the database (if the database even supports locking). It is
    database-agnostic and very reliable. Much more reliable than a
    version number (which I believe is the default behavior for
    Hibernate).

    3) I still wouldn't use MySQL for finances. :-)

    mrg
    On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 10:53 AM, Bruno René Santos wrote:
    Hi Michael,

    Thanx for the answers. About point 1, when you talk about the 'container', what
    do you mean? So you're telling me the default transaction engine Cayenne uses is
    from the DB, not managed by cayenne programmatically (cayenne calls BEGIN
    TRANSACTION and COMMIT from the DB)?

    About point 2, I was asking your opinion about the degree of reliability on
    comparing cayenne's optimistic locking with lockings from the DB. Or do you mean
    cayenne uses this mechanism straight from the DB? I was always a little confused
    about if cayenne implemented these two mechanisms (transactions and locking) or
    just called the proper methods from the DB.

    Thanx a lot

    Bruno

    -----Mensagem original-----
    De: Michael Gentry
    Enviada: quinta-feira, 28 de Outubro de 2010 15:16
    Para: [email protected]
    Assunto: Re: Cayenne Transactions vs MySQL Transactions

    1) Cayenne does a begin transaction and end transaction when it
    commits (assuming you aren't using container-managed transactions, in
    which Cayenne is deferring that operation to the container).  Are you
    at least using InnoDB with MySQL?  MySQL hasn't had the best track
    record for handling transactions/rollbacks.

    2) I'd say optimistic locking is critical especially in a financial
    application.  Maybe you wouldn't need/want it for a Facebook, but you
    certainly want it when integrity of the data is important.  Cayenne's
    optimistic locking is more reliable than using a version number or
    time stamp column.

    3) Are you really using MySQL for a financial application?  MySQL
    likes to silently (without error) change data on you.  This can lead
    to data loss without you ever knowing about it.

    mrg

    On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 9:54 AM, Bruno René Santos wrote:
    Hello all,



    First, sorry about so many doubts in so little time, but I’m trying to decide
    how to do some things on my application concerning cayenne. So adding to my
    previous doubts, here goes some more doubts:



    1.       Do cayenne transactions guarantee consistency as MySQL transactions
    guarantee?

    2.       Do you think cayenne’s optimistic locking is reliable enough to use on
    a financial web application with money movements between accounts, where you
    could have lots of people messing with the same accounts? If not, how can use a
    regular lock from the MySQL DB? With a performNonSelectingQuery?



    Thank you so much

    Bruno Santos

    --



    Bruno René Santos | Gestor de Projectos - Project Manager |
    [email protected] |  <http://www.holos.pt>
    http://www.holos.pt



    Holos - Soluções Avançadas em Tecnologias de Informação S.A.

    Parque de Ciência e Tecnologia de Almada/Setúbal . Edifício Madan Parque

    Rua dos Inventores . Quinta da Torre . 2825 - 182 Caparica

    Phone: +351 210 438 686 . Fax: +351 210 438 687



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  • Bruno René Santos at Oct 28, 2010 at 2:54 pm
    Oh and yes I'm using INNODB :)

    Thanx again
    Bruno

    -----Mensagem original-----
    De: Michael Gentry
    Enviada: quinta-feira, 28 de Outubro de 2010 15:16
    Para: [email protected]
    Assunto: Re: Cayenne Transactions vs MySQL Transactions

    1) Cayenne does a begin transaction and end transaction when it
    commits (assuming you aren't using container-managed transactions, in
    which Cayenne is deferring that operation to the container). Are you
    at least using InnoDB with MySQL? MySQL hasn't had the best track
    record for handling transactions/rollbacks.

    2) I'd say optimistic locking is critical especially in a financial
    application. Maybe you wouldn't need/want it for a Facebook, but you
    certainly want it when integrity of the data is important. Cayenne's
    optimistic locking is more reliable than using a version number or
    time stamp column.

    3) Are you really using MySQL for a financial application? MySQL
    likes to silently (without error) change data on you. This can lead
    to data loss without you ever knowing about it.

    mrg

    On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 9:54 AM, Bruno René Santos wrote:
    Hello all,



    First, sorry about so many doubts in so little time, but I’m trying to decide
    how to do some things on my application concerning cayenne. So adding to my
    previous doubts, here goes some more doubts:



    1.       Do cayenne transactions guarantee consistency as MySQL transactions
    guarantee?

    2.       Do you think cayenne’s optimistic locking is reliable enough to use on
    a financial web application with money movements between accounts, where you
    could have lots of people messing with the same accounts? If not, how can use a
    regular lock from the MySQL DB? With a performNonSelectingQuery?



    Thank you so much

    Bruno Santos

    --



    Bruno René Santos | Gestor de Projectos - Project Manager |
    [email protected] |  <http://www.holos.pt>
    http://www.holos.pt



    Holos - Soluções Avançadas em Tecnologias de Informação S.A.

    Parque de Ciência e Tecnologia de Almada/Setúbal . Edifício Madan Parque

    Rua dos Inventores . Quinta da Torre . 2825 - 182 Caparica

    Phone: +351 210 438 686 . Fax: +351 210 438 687



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