OLTP applications
As mentioned earlier, OLTP applications are applications that help in the processing and management of transactions. Some of the most prevalent OLTP implementations can be found in retail sales, financial transaction systems, and order entry. These applications perform data capture, data processing, data retrieval, data modification, and data storage. However, it does not stop here. OLTP applications treat these data tasks as transactions. Transactions have a few important properties and OLTP applications account for these properties. These properties are grouped under the acronym ACID. Let's discuss these properties in detail:
- Atomicity: This property states that a transaction must consist of statements and either all statements should complete successfully or no statement should be executed. If multiple statements are grouped together, these statements form a transaction. Atomicity means each transaction is treated...
