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What is generally done if an error occurs during the transaction?

A. delete

B. rollback

C. commit

D. update

Answer: Option B

Solution (By Examveda Team)

Imagine you're at the bank, making a series of transactions:
1. Depositing money.
2. Transferring money to another account.
3. Paying a bill.

These steps are like a transaction in a database. Each step needs to be completed successfully for the whole transaction to work.

What happens if something goes wrong during this process? Let's say the bank system crashes before you can complete the bill payment. This is like an error during a database transaction.

To keep things consistent, the bank would rollback your transaction. This means they undo all the changes you made (depositing money and transferring funds) so it's like nothing happened.

So, the answer to the question is Option B: rollback.

The other options are incorrect because:
delete: This removes data from the database.
commit: This confirms the changes made in a transaction.
update: This modifies existing data in the database.

In a database, a rollback ensures that if something goes wrong, your database remains in a consistent state, just like the bank would undo your transactions in case of an error.

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