CHAPTER 15 Managing Concurrency
In this chapter, you will learn about:
• Locks
• Deadlocks
• Transaction isolation levels
I happen to feel that the degree of a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting attitudes she can bring to bear on the same topic. —Lisa Alther |
In a perfect world, there would be no conflict. Whatever you want, whenever you want it, it's yours. Whatever your neighbors want, whenever they want it, it's there for them. And all of our desires would mingle happily.
In a perfect database, there would be no contention. Whatever one transaction wanted to read or modify, whenever it wanted to read or modify it, it would be there. Other transactions likewise could read or modify data concurrently (at ...
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