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# Why CockroachDB doesn't use EvalPlanQual

**[CockroachDB](https://daily.dev/sources/cockroachdb)** · [@cockroachdb302](https://daily.dev/cockroachdb302) · 7 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

The post discusses the behavior of PostgreSQL under READ COMMITTED isolation and how CockroachDB prevents lost updates. It also explains the invariants in the example and how CockroachDB handles application-level retries.

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