Microservices·Microservices essentials

Data

Each service owns its schema; cross-service joins move to APIs or projections.

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What you will be able to do
  • No shared tables.
  • Use outbox for reliable events.
  • Accept eventual consistency.

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Each service owns its schema; cross-service joins move to APIs or projections.

  • No shared tables.
  • Use outbox for reliable events.
  • Accept eventual consistency.
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service A DB -> event -> service B projection
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