Performing Database Transactions using Python

Transactions are a mechanism that ensures data consistency. Transactions have the following four properties −

• Atomicity − Either a transaction completes or nothing happens at all.
• Consistency − A transaction must start in a consistent state and leave the system in a consistent state.
• Isolation − Intermediate results of a transaction are not visible outside the current transaction.
• Durability − Once a transaction was committed, the effects are persistent, even after a system failure.

The Python DB API 2.0 provides two methods to either commit or rollback a transaction.

Example

You already know how to implement transactions. Here is again similar example −

# Prepare SQL query to DELETE required records sql = "DELETE FROM EMPLOYEE WHERE AGE > '%d'" % (20) try:    # Execute the SQL command    cursor.execute(sql)    # Commit your changes in the database    db.commit() except:    # Rollback in case there is any error    db.rollback()