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ACID Properties

A transaction in a Database Management System (DBMS) is a series of operations treated as a single unit to ensure data integrity and consistency. The ACID properties—Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation, and Durability—are crucial for reliable data transactions, allowing multiple users to access and modify data without compromising integrity. By adhering to these properties, DBMSs ensure successful transaction completion and maintain a valid database state.

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ACID Properties

A transaction in a Database Management System (DBMS) is a series of operations treated as a single unit to ensure data integrity and consistency. The ACID properties—Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation, and Durability—are crucial for reliable data transactions, allowing multiple users to access and modify data without compromising integrity. By adhering to these properties, DBMSs ensure successful transaction completion and maintain a valid database state.

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Transaction :

In a Database Management System (DBMS), a transaction is a fundamental unit of work


that involves a series of operations performed on the database. These operations
are treated as a single, logical unit, ensuring data integrity and consistency.

ACID properties are the foundation for ensuring reliable data transactions in a
Database Management System (DBMS). They guarantee the integrity and consistency of
data, especially when multiple users or processes access and modify it
concurrently. Here's a breakdown of each ACID property:

Atomicity (All-or-Nothing):

Ensures that all operations within a transaction are executed as a single unit.
If any part of the transaction fails, the entire transaction is rolled back,
leaving the database in its original state.
Prevents partially completed transactions from corrupting the database.

Consistency (Valid States):

Maintains data integrity by guaranteeing that a transaction transforms the database


from one valid state to another.
Transactions must adhere to the predefined rules and constraints of the database.
Ensures data remains consistent and adheres to the database's intended structure.

Isolation:

Isolation: Ensures that concurrent transactions do not interfere with each other,
even if they are accessing the same data.
Changes made by one transaction are not visible to other transactions until the
first transaction is completed.

Durability:

Changes Persist: Once a transaction commits, the changes are written to permanent
storage (e.g., disk).
Survives Failures: These changes persist even if system failures (crashes) occur.
Guaranteed Visibility: After a commit, all subsequent transactions are guaranteed
to see the committed changes.
This combined concept ensures that multiple users can access and modify data
concurrently without compromising data integrity or consistency. Even in case of
system crashes, successful transactions (committed) persist, and unsuccessful
transactions (rolled back) do not affect the database.

By adhering to these ACID properties, DBMSs can manage data reliably and
consistently in multi-user environments. These properties ensure that transactions
are completed successfully, data integrity is maintained, and the database remains
in a valid state.

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