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How is transaction management implemented in Django ORM to ensure data integrity?

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In Django ORM, transaction management is implemented using the context manager transaction.atomic(). It allows grouping multiple database operations into a single transaction, ensuring data integrity: if an exception occurs within the block, all changes are rolled back.

Example usage:

from django.db import transaction

with transaction.atomic():
    # multiple database operations
    obj1.save()
    obj2.save()
    # if an exception occurs here, changes will not be saved

You can also use the @transaction.atomic decorator for functions or methods.

Django automatically opens transactions for each HTTP request, but it can be explicitly managed for more complex scenarios.