Database Concepts (8th Edition)
Database Concepts (8th Edition)
8th Edition
ISBN: 9780134601533
Author: David M. Kroenke, David J. Auer, Scott L. Vandenberg, Robert C. Yoder
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 6, Problem 6.12RQ
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Locks:

In order to avoid accessing the content or obtaining the copies of the same rows or table by multiple applications, a technique called resource locking is used to overcome this problem.

Resource locking is technique which prevents the concurrent processing problems which blocks the sharing of resources or databy locking the resources or data.

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