Question: Locking Reads
Explore how to apply locking reads in MySQL to protect specific rows from concurrent updates during transactions. Learn to start and manage transactions that maintain data stability using explicit locking hints, commit or rollback changes, and observe concurrency effects through practical exercises.
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Where, OrderID is the primary key and CustomerID is the foreign key from the Customers table referring to the customer who placed the order. The table contains information about the orders placed.
While locking reads help maintain data integrity, they can also reduce concurrency by blocking other transactions. Locking behavior depends on the isolation level (for example, READ COMMITTED, REPEATABLE ...