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Transaction
Quick Definition
Single unit of work that succeeds or fails completely
Full Definition
A sequence of database operations treated as a single unit that succeeds or fails completely.
Examples
BEGIN, COMMIT, ROLLBACK, isolation levels, savepoints
Related Terms
acid
concurrency-control
More Database Terms
Database Migration
Version-controlled changes to database schema
Primary-Replica Architecture
Architecture with primary for writes, replicas for reads
DynamoDB
Fully managed serverless NoSQL database by AWS
ORM
Mapping object-oriented code to database tables
ACID
Properties guaranteeing reliable transaction processing
Referential Integrity
Constraint ensuring table relationships remain consistent