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commit 2fa255ce9b9536450c9f86bd7c15778f58cf3777
Author: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Date: Fri Nov 01 20:38:16 2024 +0000
First released in: 18.0
doc: clarify text around MVCC example query
Reported-by: marlene.brandstaetter@cargonet.software
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/167765529052.987840.12345375075704447735@wrigleys.postgresql.org
Backpatch-through: master
doc/src/sgml/mvcc.sgml | 8 ++++----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/mvcc.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/mvcc.sgml
index 380d0c9e805..6c02c226f60 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/mvcc.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/mvcc.sgml
@@ -417,8 +417,8 @@
does not see effects of those commands on other rows in the database.
This behavior makes Read Committed mode unsuitable for commands that
involve complex search conditions; however, it is just right for simpler
- cases. For example, consider updating bank balances with transactions
- like:
+ cases. For example, consider transferring $100 from one account
+ to another:
<screen>
BEGIN;
@@ -427,8 +427,8 @@ UPDATE accounts SET balance = balance - 100.00 WHERE acctnum = 7534;
COMMIT;
</screen>
- If two such transactions concurrently try to change the balance of account
- 12345, we clearly want the second transaction to start with the updated
+ If another transactions concurrently tries to change the balance of account
+ 7534, we clearly want the second statement to start with the updated
version of the account's row. Because each command is affecting only a
predetermined row, letting it see the updated version of the row does
not create any troublesome inconsistency.
[parent: 4a9effe45ee9]