[ZODB-Dev] Why DO we use timestamps as transaction ids?

[Dieter Maurer]

Chris Withers wrote at 2006-10-4 09:45 +0100:
>...rather than just incrementing integers?
>
>I'm asking 'cos I've just started having "time-stamp reduction" errors 
>on a production system where a contingent system is having a .fs file 
>that's been re-constituted from repozo backups tested with fstest.py...

You should be happy about the much more explicit information.
It may allow you to analyse your problem better.

For example, these timestamps precisely tell you from when
the doubled transaction entries come. It may help you to verify
that they come from a single incremental backup file.



-- 
Dieter