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> Updating a customer's winnings and recording a win are definitely things that should be together in a transaction - if one happened and not the other, that's
by VBprogrammer 14y ago
> Updating a customer's winnings and recording a win are definitely things that should be together in a transaction - if one happened and not the other, that's a failure.
Yes, they these clearly do belong in the same transaction. Inserting a congratulations email into the email queue doesn't.
- zzzeek 14y agoemails typically get fired off as part of a post-commit hook. Pyramid's transaction manager has explicit support for this pattern - as you establish "emails" within your trans, the actual send operation is deferred til after the transaction proceeds.