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Phantom Read
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Learn Phantom Read as a connected topic across chapters, concepts, simulations, and interview reasoning.
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Databases
Distributed Systems
Transactions
Consistency
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Article 1Phantom Read Explained: When New Rows Appear Mid-TransactionTLDR: A phantom read occurs when a transaction runs the same range query twice and gets a different set of rows — because a concurrent transaction inserted or deleted matching rows and committed in be32 min
Article 2Database Anomalies: How SQL and NoSQL Handle Dirty Reads, Phantom Reads, and Write SkewTLDR: Database anomalies are the predictable side-effects of concurrent transactions — dirty reads, phantom reads, write skew, and lost updates. SQL databases use MVCC and isolation levels to prevent 31 min