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[Chris Shiflett]

--- David Mintz <dmintz at davidmintz.org> wrote:
> How is using a transaction supposed to prevent another client from
> sneaking in an update after I compare, but before I write?

Transactions are guaranteed to be atomic. So, the database makes sure
there is no such thing as "sneaking in an update after I compare, but
before I write."

Hope that helps.

Chris

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