What is OLTP? The backbone of ecommerce
Online transaction processing (OLTP) is the real-time data processing behind ATM withdrawals, credit card payments, ticketing and reservation systems, online shopping, and electronic commerce in general. Online transaction processing systems are purpose-built to handle large numbers of transactions by large numbers of concurrent users.OLTP databases provide the back end or storage layer for electronic commerce, and in fact for most modern computer applications. While OLTP databases have traditionally been SQL relational databases, it’s also possible to use some NoSQL databases for the same purposes. Most of our discussion below will be in terms of SQL relational databases.To read this article in full, please click here
Online transaction processing (OLTP) is the real-time data processing behind ATM withdrawals, credit card payments, ticketing and reservation systems, online shopping, and electronic commerce in general. Online transaction processing systems are purpose-built to handle large numbers of transactions by large numbers of concurrent users.
OLTP databases provide the back end or storage layer for electronic commerce, and in fact for most modern computer applications. While OLTP databases have traditionally been SQL relational databases, it’s also possible to use some NoSQL databases for the same purposes. Most of our discussion below will be in terms of SQL relational databases.
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