SQL & Databases·Practice drills 11

Drill 16: Teach it — Changing data safely

Explain the example to someone who has never seen it.

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Explain the example to someone who has never seen it.

write.sqlSQL
BEGIN;

INSERT INTO lessons (id, course_slug, title, minutes, level)
VALUES (11, 'sql', 'Transactions', 16, 'Advanced');

UPDATE lessons
SET minutes = minutes + 2
WHERE course_slug = 'sql';

SELECT id, title, minutes
FROM lessons
WHERE course_slug = 'sql';

ROLLBACK;
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