I don't think that transactions count as deep database knowledge. Those are the absolute fundamentals that most developers need on a daily basis and not some du

I don't think that transactions count as deep database knowledge. Those are the absolute fundamentals that most developers need on a daily basis and not some dusty computer science stuff. If you have never heard of them it is fair to say that you should take a step back and learn the basics of your profession before being allowed to touch a production database. But the thing is of course - you don't know what you don't know.