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commit_order - Global variable to determine the order in which commit operations are executed
Synopsis
#set commit_order=RANDOM
Description
Commit operations can be processed in different order, depending on the value of the commit_order global variable.
CREATE
Commits are processed in the order in which objects are created. This is the default.
RANDOM
Commits are processed in a random order.
TOPDOWN
Commits are processed in the top-down rank order.
Version
The Commit order was proposed in Hassayampa (Version 3.0).