Optimistic Locking
A concurrency control method that assumes multiple transactions can complete without affecting each other, verifying record version before write.
Definition
A concurrency control method that assumes multiple transactions can complete without affecting each other, verifying record version before write.
Use case
Using a version column on records to reject edits if another user updated the document while it was open.
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Optimistic concurrency control
Assume no conflict, check versions at write time.