 | Principles of Transaction Processing (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems) author: Philip A. Bernstein Eric Newcomer asin: 1558604154 binding: Paperback list price: $75.95 USD amazon price: $55.23 USD |
This book is sort-of the readers digest version of the Jim Gray TP book and it borrows heavily from that book, but of course it covers only a sliver of Gray's work. That said, this is much more accessible and contains a very good description of idempotence and reliable messaging.
