Company
Date Published
Author
Geoffroy Baumier
Word count
1060
Language
English
Hacker News points
None

Summary

In this article, the author discusses the use of transactions in Strapi v4 to manage data imports and maintain data integrity within their projects at UFirst Group. They emphasize the importance of transactions to avoid corrupting the database during bulk data imports, such as those from CSV files, by using a mechanism that allows changes to be committed or rolled back to a previous state if errors occur. The article provides practical examples of using transactions with Strapi, leveraging Knex.js for SQL query building, and demonstrates both committing and rolling back transactions through test cases. These transactions ensure that data remains uncorrupted and users are not affected by incomplete or erroneous data changes. The author also hints at future discussions about incorporating Typescript support to enhance control over data operations.