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diff --git a/docs/topics/db/transactions.txt b/docs/topics/db/transactions.txt index 4cecf896a4..8cbe0dccd0 100644 --- a/docs/topics/db/transactions.txt +++ b/docs/topics/db/transactions.txt @@ -164,6 +164,13 @@ Django provides a single API to control database transactions. - releases or rolls back to the savepoint when exiting an inner block; - commits or rolls back the transaction when exiting the outermost block. +.. admonition:: Performance considerations + + Open transactions have a performance cost for your database server. To + minimize this overhead, keep your transactions as short as possible. This + is especially important of you're using :func:`atomic` in long-running + processes, outside of Django's request / response cycle. + Autocommit ========== |