In the transaction server, the client component usually includes GUI and the server components usually consists of SQL transactions against a database. These applications are called OLTP (Online Transaction Processing)OLTP Applications typically,Receive a fixed set of inputs from remote clients.Perform multiple pre-compiled SQL comments against a local database.Commit the work andReturn a fixed set...

There is no commonly accepted definition for a TP monitor. According to Jeri Edwards' a TP Monitor is "an OS for transaction processing".TP Monitor does mainly two things extremely well. They areProcess management and Transaction managementThey were originally introduced to run classes of applications that could service hundreds and sometimes thousands of clients. TP Monitors provide an OS - on top...

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TP-Lite is simply the integration of TP Monitor functions in the database engines.TP-Heavy are TP Monitors which supports the Client/Server architecture and allow PC to initiate some very complex multiserver transaction from the desktop.