This post provides a comprehensive explanation of database ACID isolation levels and the associated race conditions. It covers isolation levels from weakest to strongest, detailing their characteristics and issues, including dirty reads, non-repeatable reads, write skew, and phantoms. Solutions such as snapshot isolation, two-phase locking (2PL), and Serializable Snapshot Isolation (SSI) are also discussed along with practical examples.
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