TechPlanetScaleabout 19 hours ago
How one connection kills a database
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A GitHub interview question posed by Sam Lambert involved a MySQL schema change blocked by an uncommitted transaction, causing all queries on the table to queue indefinitely. The scenario highlighted how a single open connection can halt database operations without deadlock or timeout.
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