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Re: true definition of a transaction
- From: Jared Still <jkstill@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: DGoulet@xxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 3 May 2005 17:27:42 -0700
Another way to look at it is physical vs. logical.
A physical transaction may be terminated by a commit.
A logical transaction is usually bounded by something more abstract,
such as the banking transaction you illustrated.
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Jared Still
Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist
On 5/3/05, Goulet, Dick <DGoulet@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> I would not say that the definition of a transaction varies with the
> technology, but with the application. Take the classic bank transfer
> transaction. In this case we're decrementing a savings account by x and
> incrementing the checking account by the same value. Depending on your
> point of view either part of the affair can be called a transaction or
> the whole is a transaction. It really depends on what your idea of the
> basic unit of work is. Traditionally a transaction is ended by a
> commit, but that's not always true.=20
>
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