Database Systems: Design, Implementation, & Management
Database Systems: Design, Implementation, & Management
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ISBN: 9781285196145
Author: Steven, Steven Morris, Carlos Coronel, Carlos, Coronel, Carlos; Morris, Carlos Coronel and Steven Morris, Carlos Coronel; Steven Morris, Steven Morris; Carlos Coronel
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Transaction log:

It is a feature used by the DBMS (Database Management Systems) software to keep track all the information that contains a description of all database transactions executed by the DBMS. This transaction plays the major role for database maintenance.

Function of transaction log:

  • The function of transaction log is recording the DBMS transactions that modify the database and also updating the record can automatically done in the transaction log...

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