Concurrency Architecture

When many people attempt to modify data in a database at the same time, a system of controls must be implemented so that modifications made by one person do not adversely affect another. This is called concurrency control.

Concurrency control theory has two classifications for the methods of instituting concurrency control:

Microsoft® SQL Server™ supports a wide range of optimistic and pessimistic concurrency control mechanisms. Users specify the type of concurrency control by specifying:

These attributes can be defined using either Transact-SQL statements or through the properties and attributes of the database APIs such as ADO, OLE DB, and ODBC.

See Also
Four Concurrency Problems Cursor Concurrency

  


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