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Transaction Isolation Levels Explained

Transaction isolation levels are the dial between 'fast but weird things can happen' and 'correct but slow' - understanding them prevents the most common production database bugs.

ACID propertiesConcurrency controlDirty readsNon-repeatable readsPhantom readsLost updatesRead UncommittedRead CommittedRepeatable ReadSerializable

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