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Databases Modifying Data with SQL Handling Errors When Manipulating Data Introduction to Transactions

Posted by Hakim Rachidi
Hakim Rachidi
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Sql Transactions?

After committing to a database does the 'transaction block' get executed line by line or not. If yes then there would be no difference between a script which gets too executed line by line in a block (the script itself)

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ivana kantnerova
ivana kantnerova
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ivana kantnerova
ivana kantnerova
15,932 Points

the difference is when the script is interrupted we will not be able to return the changes that have already been made but the transaction has a special feature (atomicity - it will be done all or nothing). that means that all the instructions that have been executed will be returned and we can start again (without losing the data)