A database transaction is a critical part of any application. A database transaction is a sequence of actions that are treated as a single unit of work. These actions should either be completed entirely or take no effect at all. The management of the sequence of actions is known as transaction management. Transaction management is an important part of any RDBMS-oriented enterprise applications, to ensure data integrity and consistency. The concept of transactions can be described with four key properties: atomicity, consistency, isolation, and durability (ACID).
Transactions are described as ACID, which stands for the following:
- Atomicity: A transaction should be treated as a single unit of operation, which means that either the entire sequence of operations is completed, or it takes no effect at all
- Consistency: Once a transaction is completed and committed...
