Transactions: Taking The Plunge
A few days ago Tim Ford (blog | twitter) put forth a challenge to describe a transaction in a non-technical fashion. I could have replied to the post directly, but I figured it would be rather wordy. Instead I decided to follow the lead of Janice Lee (blog | twitter) and write a post about it, providing Tim with a neat and tidy hyperlink instead. One thought I had is that committing a transaction is like jumping off a diving board. It's Atomic, meaning it happens or it doesn't, there is no in-between. If you jump off the board, you'll…