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[David Mintz]

On Tue, 24 Feb 2004, Chris Shiflett wrote:

> --- 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.

Thanks -- that's exactly why I don't understand why the test I've created
appears to show otherwise. I'm trying to figure out what I'm missing.




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