Dealing With Contention easy
Which letter in ACID refers to handling concurrency and visibility of changes between transactions?
- A A (Atomicity)
- B C (Consistency)
- C I (Isolation)
- D D (Durability)
Answer: C. I (Isolation)
Isolation determines if T2 sees the uncommitted work of T1 (Dirty Read) or has to wait.
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