> So what is the state-of-the-art in the Postgresql world if I _do_ want > synchronous replication? 2-phase commit from the client application? Any > success/horror stories about doing it in Java? For Java, you could check out Sequoia (http://sequoia.continuent.org/) or their commercial version uni/cluster. I believe it can be configured for true synchronous replication. -- m@ ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly