The Optimistic Concurrency Control Approach May Delay a Transaction Longer

question 5

True/False

The optimistic concurrency control approach may delay a transaction longer than the pessimistic approach would have,because with the optimistic approach the conflicting transactions have to be rolled back and restarted,rather than waiting for a lock to be released.

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