Does a transaction stop all race condition problems in MySQL?
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Consider this situation:
- Begin transaction
- Insert 20 records into a table with an auto_increment key
- Get the first insert id (let's say it's
153
) - Update all records in that table where
id >= 153
- Commit
Is step 4 safe?
That is, if another request comes in almost precisely at the same time, and inserts another 20 records after step 2 above, but before step 4, will there be a race condition?
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