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docs: clarify MVCC introduction to allow for per-statement snapshots

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Bruce Momjian 2013-11-13 10:14:05 -05:00
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for developers to manage concurrent access to data. Internally,
data consistency is maintained by using a multiversion
model (Multiversion Concurrency Control, <acronym>MVCC</acronym>).
This means that while querying a database each transaction sees
This means that each SQL statement sees
a snapshot of data (a <firstterm>database version</firstterm>)
as it was some
time ago, regardless of the current state of the underlying data.
This protects the transaction from viewing inconsistent data that
could be caused by (other) concurrent transaction updates on the same
This prevents statements from viewing inconsistent data produced
by concurrent transactions performing updates on the same
data rows, providing <firstterm>transaction isolation</firstterm>
for each database session. <acronym>MVCC</acronym>, by eschewing
the locking methodologies of traditional database systems,