[skMed]

This sort of event buffer may also be achieved by leveraging Change Data Capture (CDC) features if they are supported by your data store. For example, when CDC is enabled in SQL Server, an agent service will periodically examine the transaction log and move data changes to transient "buffer tables" automatically. Since this is happening as a background service, there is no need for a developer to explicitly perform a write operation to these buffer tables.

[ryandotsmith]

Interesting. Given that I primarily use PostgreSQL, I have not come across this feature in my day-to-day. However, I can imagine building such a thing in PostgreSQL. Perhaps with a system of triggers and dblink [1] one can create a mechanism to achieve a similar result.

1. http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/dblink.html

[skMed]

CDC is definitely a more enterprise-y feature (Oracle, SQL Server, etc.). I have had to build the same sort of tracking via triggers in the past, so I would definitely agree with you. I am not super familiar with the PostgreSQL road map, but maybe it is a long-term goal.