7.2. Transaction Processing
As you've learned, constraints created on columns of a table help you to maintain integrity and consistency in the database at the statement level. Transactions go beyond individual INSERT or UPDATE statements and allow you to ensure that multiple DML statements against the database either all succeed or all fail.
transaction
A logical unit of work consisting of one or more SQL statements that must all succeed or all fail to keep the database in a logically consistent state. A transfer of funds from one bank account is a logical transaction, in that both the withdrawal from one account and the deposit to another account must succeed for the transaction to succeed.
From a DBA's perspective, the transaction concept ...
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