Re:Consistency is Consistently Undervalued
by kpmah on Saturday September 17, 2016 @06:07AM
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Yes, be aware of the transactional capabilities of your database. Some ACID databases in their default configuration don't provide all transactional guarantees!
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Re:Consistency is Consistently Undervalued
by brandur on Saturday September 17, 2016 @06:44AM
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I just wanted to add that the Postgres documentation [1] and Wikipedia [2] are both really well written when it comes to explaining each isolation level and the guarantees that it provides. Well worth the reading time.
[1] https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/transaction-i...
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isolation_(database_systems)#I...