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A bank transfer takes money from Alice and gives it to Bob. Why wrap it in a transaction?

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  1. To make the transfer run faster
  2. To encrypt the money
  3. So both steps happen, or neither does

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  1. PostgreSQL Tutorial: Transactions www.postgresql.org/docs/current/tutorial-transactions.html Checked 2026-10-10.

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