Deadlocks and Concurrency Strategies
Understand the concept of deadlocks in multi-user databases and identify the four necessary conditions for their occurrence. Explore proactive and reactive strategies to prevent, detect, and recover from deadlocks, including lock ordering and victim selection. Compare pessimistic and optimistic concurrency control approaches to manage simultaneous transactions effectively and maintain robust database operations.
Imagine our OnlineStore is running a massive flash sale. Two customer service representatives are simultaneously processing orders and updating customer information. Representative A begins updating a customer’s loyalty points and locks their record.
Meanwhile, Representative B starts updating the stock ...