back to the database. When the rollback is executed, the updates of transaction T
4
are
undone and the value of bal
x
in the database is returned to its original value of £100. When
T
3
starts, it also requests an exclusive lock on bal
x
. However, because the data item bal
x
is
currently exclusively locked by T
4
, the request is not immediately granted and T
3
has
to wait until the lock is released by T
4
. This occurs only once the rollback of T
4
has been
completed.