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Optimistic Concurrency Control Decision
Optimistic concurrency always implies that deadlocks are possible, because no
real lock is required on the object until the transaction is about to commit.
However, lock escalation is always possible with optimistic concurrency. Even if
the transaction is started with an optimistic read intent, you still have the freedom
to decide to update the instance at a later time.
Table 17-6 Optimistic Concurrency Control Decision table
Summary
Figure 17-8 on page 467 shows a better approach to decide which Access Intent
should be chosen, taking into co ...