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cool_screen_name90001@xxxxxxxxx (CSN) writes:
> I'm not sure what XA (distributed transactions) is -
> is that something that can be achieved with Slony?

No.

XA is an interface to allow having updates take place across multiple
databases.

That would mean that you do some updates on one DB, others on another,
and finally issue a "distributed COMMIT" which commits it all at once.

That's not similar to what Slony-I does...
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