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Everything about Multiple granularity locking
In a database, locking objects that contain other objects
In computer science, multiple granularity locking (MGL) is a locking method used in database management systems (DBMS) and relational databases. Wikipedia →
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- Pick up a classic book: Database system conceptsThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: A MULTIPLE GRANULARITY LOCKING PROTOCOL FOR CSCWCited 3 times
- Go sideways: Lock (computer science)A closely related topic
- Go sideways: Record lockingA closely related topic
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đź“š Books worth reading
Database system conceptsAbraham Silberschatz · 1997
Database SystemsRamez Elmasri, Shamkant B. Navathe · 2010
Pro EJB 3 - Java Persistence APIMIKE KEITH,MERRICK SCHINCARIOL · 2006
Advances in Neural Networks – ISNN 2013Chengan Guo · 2013
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