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Re: 14c2f90ad08: Idempotent INSERT events for system versioning

 

Sergey,

On Wed, Mar 13, 2019 at 9:48 PM Sergei Golubchik <serg@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi, Aleksey!
>
> On Mar 13, Aleksey Midenkov wrote:
> > On Wed, Mar 13, 2019 at 9:01 PM Sergei Golubchik <serg@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> > > On Mar 13, Aleksey Midenkov wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Query_log_event() can already store microseconds, see Q_HRNOW flag.
> > > > > So better to add them to Rows_log_event, if needed.
> > > > >
> > > > > But I don't quite understand why it's needed.
> > > >
> > > > In scope of MDEV-16370 slave adds history record. Master sends UPDATE
> > > > of row (row_start = X.Y; row_end = MAX). Query time is X.(Y + n).
> > > >
> > > > Slave adds history record and gets timestamp: X from master; F from
> > > > system time fractions.  If F < Y this makes bad history record
> > > > (row_start = X.Y; row_end = X.F).
> > >
> > > That's exactly what I wrote below. You can make F=Y, because the event
> > > already contains Y, you won't need to extend it.
> >
> > I don't like it for a couple of reasons. It's a hackish way that is
> > hard to remember and hard to figure out for unenlightened people.
>
> What do you mean by that?
>

It's higher overhead costs in terms of support.


>
> > It leads to history mismatch between master and slave.
>
> How it can cause a history mismatch?
>

Obviously fractions will differ. On master it will be:

(row_start = X.Y; row_end = X.(Y + n));

On slave it will be:

(row_start = X.Y; row_end = X.(Y + 1));

In case Y = 999 999, it will be:

(row_start = X.Y; row_end = (X + 1).0);


> Regards,
> Sergei
> Chief Architect MariaDB
> and security@xxxxxxxxxxx
>


-- 
All the best,

Aleksey Midenkov
@midenok

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