[Twirrim]

I would love to see an example of someone actually knowledgeable about databases who has a different definition for transaction.

[erpellan]

Atomicity, consistency, isolation, durability.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACID_(computer_science)

But that's just like, the industry's opinion, man.

[Twirrim]

Maybe I completely misunderstood the parents description of a transaction, but that was exactly what they were saying.