Re: what is a phantom read ?

From:
Lew <noone@lewscanon.com>
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Date:
Sat, 19 Jun 2010 09:06:42 -0400
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gk wrote:

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Does PHANTOM READ and NON REPEATABLE READ are same thing ?


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isolation_(database_systems)

I read in Jguru.com about NON REPEATEABLE READ as follows

"....One of the ISO-ANSI SQL defined "phenomena" that can occur with
concurrent transactions. If one transaction reads a row, then another
transaction updates or deletes the row and commits, the first
transaction, on re-read, gets modified data or no data. This is an
inconsistency problem within a transaction and addressed by isolation
levels...."

BUT this is similar to PHANTOM READ we discussed so far !

Does NON REPEATEABLE READ and PHANTOM READ are same thing ? I don't
find the difference.


The Wikipedia article up at the start of this thread addresses your question.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isolation_(database_systems)
"Repeatable reads (phantom reads)"

On 05/20/2010 09:14 AM, Jeff Higgins wrote:

Did you read the entire article?
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isolation_(database_systems)>


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