The article explains MySQL's default Repeatable Read isolation level, how its lock and binlog mechanisms affect consistency and replication, and why many high‑traffic internet firms change to Read Committed to boost concurrency and reduce deadlocks despite the need to handle phantom reads.
This article explains MySQL’s transaction isolation mechanisms, compares the four isolation levels with concrete examples, shows how they affect phenomena like dirty reads, non‑repeatable reads and phantom reads, and provides practical guidance on configuring and avoiding long transactions.
This article demonstrates how InnoDB handles row, next‑key, and gap locks for a SELECT … FOR SHARE query under REPEATABLE‑READ and READ‑COMMITTED isolation levels, showing the preparation steps, SQL examples, lock inspection queries, and a concise summary of the differences.
This article demonstrates how InnoDB acquires different types of row and gap locks under REPEATABLE-READ and READ-COMMITTED isolation levels by creating a test table, inserting data, setting transaction isolation, executing SELECT ... FOR SHARE statements, and inspecting lock information from performance_schema.
This article explains MySQL's four transaction isolation levels—READ UNCOMMITTED, READ COMMITTED, REPEATABLE READ, and SERIALIZABLE—by creating a simple table, inserting test data, and running step‑by‑step SQL scripts that illustrate the behavior of each level, including phenomena such as dirty reads, non‑repeatable reads, phantom reads, and locking.
This article investigates why S‑type GAP locks appear in deadlocks under the READ COMMITTED isolation level in MySQL InnoDB, detailing the transaction workflow, lock acquisition during INSERT operations, lock inheritance after rollbacks, and reproducing the deadlock scenario with code examples and diagrams.
This article explains why MySQL chooses Repeatable Read as its default transaction isolation level, contrasting it with Oracle’s default Read Committed, and discusses how binlog formats, GAP locks, and historical bugs influence this design decision.
