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What is isolation anomaly in SQL transactions?
Updated May 17, 2026
Short answer
Isolation anomalies occur when concurrent transactions produce unexpected results.
Deep explanation
Isolation anomalies include dirty reads (reading uncommitted data), non-repeatable reads (same query returns different results), and phantom reads (new rows appear between reads). These anomalies depend on isolation levels like READ COMMITTED or SERIALIZABLE.
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