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Databases Modifying Data with SQL Handling Errors When Manipulating Data Introduction to Transactions

Posted by Rastko Jovic
Rastko Jovic
14,883 Points

Doesn't the process of "commiting" take time?

I don't really understand how disabling Autocommit prevents problems from occurring as a result of unintended interruption. Doesn't the process of writing to disk take time so it's still possible that an interruption can corrupt the process of writing to disk?

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,248 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,248 Points

The kind of "interruption" mentioned here is probably between statement entries.

In the case of commit, all the statements have been entered, so an interruption of the statement entry sequence (or the client-server connection) would not affect the completion of the process, even it it requires a bit of I/O time.