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In database systems, a consistent transaction is one that does not violate any integrity constraints during its execution. If a transaction leaves the database in an illegal state, it is aborted and an error is reported.^[1]

Consistency is one of the ACID properties.

[edit] See also

Atomicity
Isolation
Durability
Relational Database Management System

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