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Transaction Isolation

Levels in DBMS

Mahdiyar Zerehpoush
De nition

Isolation levels de ne the degree to which a


transaction must be isolated from the data
modi cations made by any other transaction
in the database system.
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Phenomena

A transaction isolation level is de ned by the


following phenomena

• Dirty Read
• Non-Repeatable Read
• Phantom Read
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Dirty Read

A Dirty read is a situation when a transaction


reads data that has not yet been committed.
Non Repeatable read

Non-realatable read occurs when a


transaction reads the same row twice and
gets a di erent value each time.
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Phantom Read

Phantom Read occurs when two same


queries are executed, but the rows retrieved
by the two, are di erent.
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Isolation Levels

Based on these phenomena, The SQL


standard de nes four isolation levels:

• Read Uncommitted
• Read Committed
• Repeatable Read
• Serializable
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Read Uncommitted

Read Uncommitted is the lowest isolation


level.

In this level, one transaction may read not yet


committed changes made by other
transactions, thereby allowing dirty reads.

At this level, transactions are not isolated from


each other.
Read Committed

This isolation level guarantees that any data


read is committed at the moment it is read.

Thus it does not allow dirty read.

The transaction holds a read or write lock on


the current row, and thus prevents other
transactions from reading, updating, or
deleting it.
Repeatable Read

This is the most restrictive isolation level.

The transaction holds read locks on all rows it


references and writes locks on referenced
rows for update and delete actions.

Since other transactions cannot read, update


or delete these rows, consequently it avoids
non-repeatable read.
Serializable

This is the highest isolation level.

A serializable execution is guaranteed to be


serializable.

Serializable execution is de ned to be an


execution of operations in which concurrently
executing transactions appears to be serially
executing.
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Conclusion

The choice of isolation level depends on the


speci c requirements of the application.

Higher isolation levels o er stronger data


consistency but can also result in longer lock
times and increased contention, leading to
decreased concurrency and performance.

Lower isolation levels provide more


concurrency but can result in data
inconsistencies.
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See Also

In addition to the standard isolation levels,


some DBMS may also support additional
custom isolation levels or features such as
snapshot isolation and multi-version
concurrency control (MVCC) that provide
alternative solutions to the problems
addressed by the standard isolation levels.

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