Where does your requirement/code come from. Is your code not a logical transaction? If so why do you need to see wrong/old data at later stages. If it is a logical transaction then make it a single transaction and you'll only see consistent data. Something doesn't sound quite right but without seeing either your code or your requirements it's somewhat tricky to tell. On 7/10/07, DBA Deepak <oracle.tutorials@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi All, Have a doubt on transaction isolation. My requirement is to query several tables several times inside a piece of code. The data needs to be consistent across multiple queries. The underlying tables are subjected to change during the execution of the piece of code. I have two options to be used inside my piece of code to achieve consistent/repeatable reads. 1> to use SET TRANSACTION READ ONLY; 2> to use ALTER SESSION SET ISOLATION_LEVEL=SERIALIZABLE; My question is which option is preferable and why? Is there any performance issues with one of these in the above mentioned scenarios? Need your valuable feedback. -- Regards, Deepak Oracle DBA
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