A mechanism for committing a consistent set of changes into a database atomically.
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Federate engine to help overcome distributed transaction?
Currently we have been using pure innodb. The issue is that we have architecture where we have multiple outlet each have its own local db and a copy of it in the hq outlet. The issue is that we ...
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Shrink transaction log while transaction in progress
I have a several-GB import into my SQL Server 2005 (Standard Edition) database.
The import is separated into 4 parts, each part in its own transaction.
As you can guess, the transaction log files ...
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Oracle 11g see transaction or session start time
I want to know when a session or transaction started. The deadlock file doesn't give me this information. Is there some logfile that keeps these records?
I've got a transaction id "TX-1234-abcd", a ...
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How to find out who deleted some data SQL Server
My boss had a query from a customer yesterday asking how they could find out who deleted some data in their SQL Server database (it is the express edition if that matters).
I thought this could be ...
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Transactions, references and how to enforce double entry bookkeeping? (PG)
Double entry bookkeeping is
a set of rules for recording financial information in a financial
accounting system in which every transaction or event changes at least
two different nominal ...
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Is it a bad practice to always create a transaction?
Is it a bad practice to always create a transaction?
For example, it is a good practice to create a transaction for nothing but one simple SELECT?
What is the cost of creating a transaction when it ...
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Linked Servers pointing to same server (localhost) causing “Transaction context in use by another session” error
We are using SQL Server 2008. Normally our app that is using different databases distributed over the network and some of the stored procedures we call therefore make use of linked servers.
Now I ...
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2answers
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Partial rollback doesn't decrement trancount
Suppose I have an open SQL Server session, and do the following:
begin tran
insert into People (Id) values (1)
select @@TRANCOUNT -- Prints 1
save transaction tt
begin tran
select @@TRANCOUNT ...
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Read Committed Isolation Level
Quote from docs:
Read Committed is the default isolation level in PostgreSQL. When a transaction uses this isolation level, a SELECT query (without a FOR UPDATE/SHARE clause) sees only data ...
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2answers
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How to rollback the identity seed after deadlock
Now that's an approximate sequence of operations Im performing:
SET IDENTITY_INSERT <table-name> ON;
INSERT SOMETHING to <table-name> with explicitly specifyed id
DECLARE @oldID bigint
...
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1answer
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Lock wait time out exceed restart transaction
I had got error on the lock wait time out so below I got 3 samples taken. One I took before the increase innodb_lock_wait_timeout to 120. So is there anything else I must tweak based on the logs ...
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sleeping SPID blocking other transactions
I'm really having trouble tracking down some blocking we are experiencing.
The root blocking SPID's status is 'sleeping', the cmd is 'AWAITING COMMAND', and the sqltext is 'SET TRANSACTION ISOLATION ...
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Does SQL Server place shared locks on scanned records when using REPEATABLE READ [duplicate]
Assume a SQLCmd session which is using transaction isolation level REPEATABLE READ.
In this session I start a transaction and execute an UPDATE statement with a WHERE clause on a non indexed column. ...
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How do I stop a query from running if the row is locked?
I have a section of code that locks the database, updates it and then confirms.
This is all working fine, if another user attempts to update the same row they cannot and their changes are discarded.
...
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1answer
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postgres deadlock without explicit locking
I use PostgreSQL 9.2, and I do not use explicit locking anywhere, neither LOCK statement nor SELECT ... FOR UPDATE. However, recently I got ERROR: 40P01: deadlock detected. The query where deadlock ...
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1answer
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Database atomic operations implementation
The question is about queries that are not wrapped in 'begin-commit' block, but about plain inserts and updates that are atomic in PostgreSQL, MySQL (innodb engine at least). So how is this ...
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1answer
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Query notifications and connection options
I'm investigating a problem with query notifications. The platform is SQL Server 2008 R2 (SP1) - 10.50.2500.0 (X64) Standard Edition.
.NET errors show a problem reported from SqlNotificationInfo ...
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1answer
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unique constraint violated (ORA-00001) in concurrent insert [closed]
I have a procedure that is called from concurrent transactions:
//Some actions here
INSERT INTO table1
(table1_id, table1_val1, table1_val2, table1_val3)
VALUES
...
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6answers
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On DB2, who updated a record and what did the record look like before the update?
(SQL Server 2008 R2 Standard, database under full recovery)
I have a table with fields id, firstname, lastname. A statement is executed:
insert into dbo.sometable (id, firstname, lastname) values ...
2
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1answer
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How to scale MySQL transaction wrapped queries?
So I'm working on an app that wraps many of it's SQL queries in a transaction for it's SQL usage and I'm trying to think of some ways to scale the DB layer up....
Up until now we've been throwing ...
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1answer
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Does PostgreSQL optimize queries in transaction?
In my app I need to make big imports from user files, and to achieve that all records are updated/created I do it inside transaction. But before it I need to update massive, already existing in DB, ...
3
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1answer
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Trigger in combination with transaction
Suppose we have the following situation:
We have a table (let's say Table_A), wich has a trigger on INSERT. The trigger job is to update some rows in table_B based on the inserted values in table_A.
...
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0answers
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Examples of a database with no consistency measures that ensures consistency through schema alone
To clarify, the database can be any type RDBMS, NoSQL/BigTable. However, it must not employ any usual consistency measures such as locks, or synchronization, but the inconsistency-invincibility must ...
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1answer
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Do I need a locking read?
I am inserting rows in a table, based on a value and on the existence of a row, which I get from SELECT statements. This function can be run concurrently, so I need to do some extra obviously. The ...
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What would this non-'unique index with a unique search condition` query lock?
I am not sure about this part of the transaction manual
For locking reads (SELECT with FOR UPDATE or LOCK IN SHARE MODE), UPDATE, and DELETE statements, locking depends on whether the statement ...
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1answer
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Postgresql Two-phase Commit Transaction Identifier
Is it possible to perform a two-phase commit in Postgresql when the databases exist on the same server?
As a simple test, I would connect to the first database and run:
BEGIN;
PREPARE TRANSACTION ...
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1answer
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Are MySQL transactions under-utilised?
I have a vague understanding of transactions that it means you can help the server understand that a series of queries are related.
Scenario : Suppose I have a series of queries which creates a user ...
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1answer
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Does TRUNCATE TABLE affects isolation level in Sql Server?
As I am working on the project which has SQL SERVER as a database....I'm maintaining isolation level in my project where I enabled snapshot isolation level for my project....
As I have to make some ...
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1answer
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Does a transaction cover the subroutines?
When I begin transaction and exec a stored procedure, does that transaction cover the changes made by the stored procedure I executed? Would a rollback transaction cancel the changes made by the ...
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1answer
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Commit Insert but Hold Lock
I have implemented what is effectively a reliable queue through the following:
CREATE TABLE Queue (MessageID UNIQUEIDENTIFIER, Message varchar(255))
--Enqueue Command
DECLARE @MessageID ...
1
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1answer
859 views
MySQL Insert into two tables using new IDs
I'm trying to select data already in the database and insert it into two tables using the generated ID from table one.
table1 contains configuration options, table2 contains pricing data. Table2 uses ...
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2answers
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Distributed Transactions between SQL Server 2000 & MySQL Stopped Working
We have been successfully copying data from a MySQL Slave database into a SQL Server 2000 database. The MySQL server is a linked server. I have tried using v3.51 and v5.1.8 of the ODBC connector ...
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1answer
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MYSQL MyISAM data recovery implementation
I am creating integration into eshop script, shop is using MyISAM tables and I need to implement something like transactions in InnoDB, what I actually need is full recovery of data after modifying or ...
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1answer
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SQL Server - how transactions and transaction log work (simplified)
I have a theory on how transactions work, but I would like if someone could verify it or correct some points if possible. Let's consider we have a database with full recovery model.
Now, everything ...
3
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1answer
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SQL Server 2008 - Adding a column and a filtered index within a single transaction?
This is more of a general question. Why can you not add a filtered index within the same transaction scope as adding the new column in the first place? The solution is of course simple, just make two ...
3
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2answers
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Transaction and Try-catch in SQL Server Job
We have DML operations in each step of a SQL Server job. To ensure the update/insert will be rolled back in case something goes wrong, I have wrapped the data modifications of each step in TRY CATCH ...
4
votes
2answers
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Delete all rows within transaction: what would happen to other transactions?
I currently have a function in PostgreSQL that creates a temp table, fills it, performs some tricky selects and returns results. postgresql's temp tables are local to functions, so this helps me avoid ...
3
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1answer
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Deleting MySQL table with pending transactions
Is there a way to delete an InnoDB table or database with pending transactions in MySQL (preferably on file system level)?
What happened:
I use MySQL 5.5.28 and ran LOAD DATA INFILE… to import a ...
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1answer
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SQL query for combinations without repetition
I need a query which can be used in (or as) a function and retrieves all combinations of n values. And I need all combinations of length k where k = 1..n.
Extended sample input and result so input ...
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3answers
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SQL Server - what isolation level for non-blocking select statements?
I have a long running transaction (called, say, T1) that performs some deletes, updates and inserts on a table in SQL Server 2008 R2. At the same time, another process periodically runs select ...
2
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1answer
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Transaction level difference between using a large IN filter VS. “BEGIN TRAN/COMMIT”
I would like to delete about 100,000 records with minimal server overhead. I've had a few nagging questions I haven't been able to test properly so I figured I'd ask some experts here. Which would ...
0
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1answer
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jdbc: does setAutoCommit(true) commits past executions?
I would like to execute some statements, and commit the entire batch at the end. I've tried the following approach:
connection.setAutoCommit(false); // Don't commit for each statement
...
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7answers
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Oracle - Any way to view uncommited changes to a particular table?
I'm debugging through a batch proess currently that does a lot of DML statements, but doesn't do a commit right away. It would be nice to be able to view the "pending" changes while the transaction ...
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0answers
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migrations within transactions
I have a bash script to run migrations on our MySQL databases.
Is it possible to wrap migrations within a single transaction when running multiple migration scripts from the command line?
...
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0answers
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Table Lock on INSERT - How to optimize
we have a few long running procedures in the database, that cause an instant Table Lock on our main text storage table, which causes all other requests of the web app to wait (because the table is ...
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1answer
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Unit testing with InnoDB transactions
So, I'm running some unit tests against some InnoDB tables in MySQL.
Each unit test is wrapped in a transaction:
setUp:
SET autocommit = 0;
SET SESSION TRANSACTION ISOLATION LEVEL SERIALIZABLE;
...
2
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1answer
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Add user to Server Role in a transaction
Situation
One webapp responsible for creating other webapps using SQL Server 2008 R2 Stored Procedures. One of the steps in creating another webapp is creating a new database, a login/user, assigning ...
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2answers
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How do I implement insert-if-not-found for transactions at serializable isolation level?
I'm having a hard time figuring out how to exactly implement a 'insert if not found' function. Consider the following.
We have a table called artist with 2 columns, (name, id) where name is the ...
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1answer
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Rollback generate scripts
During the development of applications users often want to add new modules, business rules etc. So I've often used SQL Server 2008 option to create scripts from the development DB to generate new ...
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1answer
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What is the “Chaos” Isolation level and when should it be used?
ADO.NET documentation shows the possibility of setting the transaction level for a SQL transaction to Chaos. It sounds unpleasant, but if the feature is there, presumably it has some legitimate use.
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