Hi Set,

> Sounds like getting those 15 counter values may happen within the same
> transaction. No other transaction will be allowed to update that
> record until the transaction that did the update commits. Neither will
> those other transactions be allowed to update the record until they
> can see the most recent version (depending on transaction isolation).

Yes, it sounds like that. But no, I am sure it's not the same
transaction. Every call for a new counter value starts a new transaction
that is either ended with a commit or rollback.

--Heiko