Posted by Toby A Inkster on 05/23/07 16:20

Erwin Moller wrote:

> I always regarded the fact that somebody else inserted 'john' between my
> select and insert farfetched. If it happens: well, they get an error, but
> chances of that happening are small (at least in all situations I have
> seen).

It is for this sort of reason that transactions exist.

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