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constants group TransactionIsolation
Description distinguishes different possible transaction isolation levels. Developers Guide 12.5.1 Database Access - Using DBMS Features - Transaction Handling

Constants
NONE | indicates that transactions are not supported.
READ_UNCOMMITTED | Dirty reads, non-repeatable reads and phantom reads can occur. This level allows a row changed by one transaction to be read by another transaction before any changes in that row have been committed (a "dirty read"). If any of the changes are rolled back, the second transaction will have retrieved an invalid row.
READ_COMMITTED | Dirty reads are prevented; non-repeatable reads and phantom reads can occur. This level only prohibits a transaction from reading a row with uncommitted changes in it.
REPEATABLE_READ | Dirty reads and non-repeatable reads are prevented; phantom reads can occur. This level prohibits a transaction from reading a row with uncommitted changes in it, and it also prohibits the situation where one transaction reads a row, a second transaction alters the row, and the first transaction rereads the row, getting different values the second time (a "non-repeatable read").
SERIALIZABLE | Dirty reads, non-repeatable reads and phantom reads are prevented. This level includes the prohibitions in `REPEATABLE_READ` and further prohibits the situation where one transaction reads all rows that satisfy a WHERE condition, a second transaction inserts a row that satisfies that WHERE condition, and the first transaction rereads for the same condition, retrieving the additional "phantom" row in the second read.

Constants' Details
NONE
const long NONE = 0; Description indicates that transactions are not supported.
READ_UNCOMMITTED
const long READ_UNCOMMITTED = 1; Description Dirty reads, non-repeatable reads and phantom reads can occur. This level allows a row changed by one transaction to be read by another transaction before any changes in that row have been committed (a "dirty read"). If any of the changes are rolled back, the second transaction will have retrieved an invalid row.
READ_COMMITTED
const long READ_COMMITTED = 2; Description Dirty reads are prevented; non-repeatable reads and phantom reads can occur. This level only prohibits a transaction from reading a row with uncommitted changes in it.
REPEATABLE_READ
const long REPEATABLE_READ = 4; Description Dirty reads and non-repeatable reads are prevented; phantom reads can occur. This level prohibits a transaction from reading a row with uncommitted changes in it, and it also prohibits the situation where one transaction reads a row, a second transaction alters the row, and the first transaction rereads the row, getting different values the second time (a "non-repeatable read").
SERIALIZABLE
const long SERIALIZABLE = 8; Description Dirty reads, non-repeatable reads and phantom reads are prevented. This level includes the prohibitions in `REPEATABLE_READ` and further prohibits the situation where one transaction reads all rows that satisfy a WHERE condition, a second transaction inserts a row that satisfies that WHERE condition, and the first transaction rereads for the same condition, retrieving the additional "phantom" row in the second read.

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