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14, 2013 - 10:29 am UTC Category: Database � Version: 8.1.7 Whilst you are here, check out some content from the AskTom team: On Joins and Query Plans Latest Followup You Asked Hi Tom, On page 130-131 of your book, "expert types of locks in oracle one-on-one Oracle," you gave an example of two sessions querying and inserting into tables
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a and b. The result is that both tables contain a row with the value zero in them. My question is that
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wouldn't the result be the same even if the isolation_level is not serializable? Not sure what you're demonstrating by this example. Thank - peter and we said... Allow me to clarify. The text in question is
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as follows. The text in BOLD is what the example is trying to demonstrate. There is a common misconception that serializable MEANS serial execution -- that there is some serial ordering of transactions. If that were true, then the results we observe in my example would be impossible -- there is NO serial (one after the other) ordering of those two transactions that could result in both sessions inserting 0. Serializable oracle concurrency wait This is generally considered the most restrictive level of transaction isolation, but provides the highest degree of isolation. A serializable transaction operates in an environment that makes it appear as if there are no other users modifying data in the database, the database will be "frozen" at the point in time your query began. Your transaction sees the database consistently, at a single point in time. Side effects (changes) made by other transactions are not visible to it, regardless of how long it has been running. Serializable does not mean that all transactions executed by the users are the same as if they were executed one right after another in a serial fashion. It does not imply that there is some serial ordering of the transactions that would result in the same outcome. This last point is a frequently misunderstood concept and a small demonstration will clear it up. The following table represents two sessions performing work over time. The database tables A and B referenced in the example start out empty and are created as such: tkyte@TKYTE816> create table a ( x int ); Table created. tkyte@TKYTE816> create table b ( x int ); Table created. Time Session 1 Executes Session 2 Executes 0:00 Alter session set isolation_level=serializable; 0:01 Alter session set isolation_level=se
case someone else may find it useful.First, what is it? From the docs:ORA-08177: can't serialize access for this locks in oracle 11g transaction Cause: Encountered data changed by an operation that occurred after the oracle database locks query start of this serializable transaction. Action: In read/write transactions, retry the intended operation or transaction.There are 4 how to avoid table locking in oracle isolation levels when it comes to transaction processing, all are based on the ANSI/ISO SQL standard SQL92:READ UNCOMMITTEDREAD COMMITTEDSERIALIZABLEREPEATABLE READOracle handles these the following ways:READ UNCOMMITTED:Oracle Database never https://asktom.oracle.com/pls/asktom/f?p=100:11:0%3A%3A%3A%3AP11_QUESTION_ID:3233191441609 permits "dirty reads." Although some other database products use this undesirable technique to improve thoughput, it is not required for high throughput with Oracle Database.READ COMMITTEDOracle Database meets the READ COMMITTED isolation standard. This is the default mode for all Oracle Database applications. Because an Oracle Database query only sees data that was committed at the http://www.oraclenerd.com/2009/02/ora-08177-cant-serialize-access-for.html beginning of the query (the snapshot time), Oracle Database actually offers more consistency than is required by the ANSI/ISO SQL92 standards for READ COMMITTED isolation.SERIALIZABLEOracle Database does not normally support this isolation level, except as provided by SERIALIZABLE.REPEATABLE READOracle Database does not normally support this isolation level, except as provided by SERIALIZABLE.I've learned more about transaction isolation levels in the last few days than I ever cared to know.READ COMMITTED is the default for Oracle. There's a possibility that our calling applications are using SERIALIZABLE via the driver. I've never worked with SERIALIZABLE.According to the trace files it is happening on both INSERTs and SELECTs and we've seen multiple occurrences on the same 2 statements.I suspect, but can't prove, it's (evil) trigger related. Any pointers as to how to prove that would be most helpful. Or any pointers in general in dealing with this issue.UpdateI did find this post where the author says:Once more - in the vaste majority of cases usage of serializable isolation level is
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Morrow & Co, 1988. HomeIggy Who? Index SQL Career Advice Humor Hall of Fame Beginning Oracle Database 11g Administration Publications Home > DBA, Oracle, SQL > DBA 101: What Does SERIALIZABLE ReallyMean? DBA 101: What Does SERIALIZABLE ReallyMean? September 20, 2010 Iggy Fernandez Leave a comment Go to comments Follow @Oratweets Also see: Day 12: The Twelve Days of SQL: Readers do not block writers; writers do not block readers While browsing in the bookstore at Oracle OpenWorld 2010 on Sunday, I chanced upon the recently released second edition of Expert Oracle Database Architecture by Tom Kyte. On page 253 in Concurrency and Multi Versioning, Tom says: “SERIALIZABLE does not mean that all transactions executed by users will behave as if they were executed one right after another in a serial fashion. It does not imply that there is some serial ordering of the transactions that will result in the same outcome. The phenomena previously described by the SQL standard do not make this happen.” This is contradicted by the language in the chapter on Data Concurrency and Consistency in Oracle Database Concepts 11g Release 1. Identical language can even be found in earlier editions going all the way back to Oracle7 Server Concepts Release 7.3 (PDF). “To describe consistent transaction behavior when transactions run at the same time, database researchers have defined a transaction isolation model called serializability. The serializable mode of transaction behavior tries to ensure that transactions run in such a way that they appear to be executed one at a time, or serially, rather than concurrently.” The above language can be traced to a 1995 Oracle document titled Concurrency Control, Transaction Isolation and Serializability in SQL92 and Oracle7 (Part number A33745) by Ken Jacobs (Dr. DBA) and others. You can a