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CSC 321 April 23
CSC 321 April 23
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Computer Science
Undergraduate 3
04/23/2009

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Term
What should you make of everything?
Definition
a backup copy
Term
If you have a crash, what happens to all of the work you have done since you started and the crash?
Definition
you lose all of it
Term
Therefore, what should be kept of the work you do?
Definition
a journal or log
Term
What does a log do?
Definition
keeps track of all transactions and physical changes to the database
Term
What columns does a log have?
Definition
(1) trans id
(2) time
(3) action
(4) record
(5) before image
(6) after image
Term
The log is always what?
Definition
up-to-date
Term
What happens when there is forward recovery?
Definition
(1) load the backup copy
(2) use after images of all committed transactions
Term
What happens when there is backward recovery?
Definition
(1) using before images to "undo" problem transactions
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