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Atomic
Atomicity controls guarantee that all the steps in a transaction are completed successfully as a group
If any steps between the transactions fail, all other steps must also fail or be reverted
| Term | Description |
|---|---|
commit | successful completion of a transaction |
abort | failure of a transaction |
Consistent
The transaction preserves the internal consistency of the database
If you execute the transaction all by itself on a database that’s initially consistent, then when the transaction finishes executing the database is again consistent
Isolated
The transaction executes as if it were running alone, with no other transactions
| Term | Description |
|---|---|
serializability | effect of running a set of transactions is the same as running them alone |
Usually implemented by locking specific rows in the table
Durable
The transaction’s results will not be lost in a failure