committed/rolled back 15:16 Jul 18, 2010
Database transaction status (involving several tables) - as there are several tables and steps involved, "committed" is when all the steps of the transaction are done - all the database tables are updated accordingly. Roll-back - if the entire transaction is aborted, all the steps that were done in the meanwhile are cancelled - to return the database tables to the status they had before the transaction started. A very simple example - money is moved from one bank account to another - there are two steps - deduct from the first, add to the second. |