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Locking — Optimistic vs Pessimistic

Locking controls concurrent access to data to prevent anomalies. The choice between optimistic and pessimistic locking dramatically affects application design and performance.

Learning objectives

  • Explain the difference between pessimistic and optimistic locking in terms of when the conflict is detected.
  • Trace exactly what a version-number column does in an optimistic-locking UPDATE statement.
  • Recognize a deadlock scenario between two transactions and explain why the database can detect it automatically.

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Locking — Optimistic vs Pessimistic

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