Question

Transaction T1 reads a row twice within the same transaction. Between the two reads, T2 commits an update to that row, and T1's second read returns the new value. Which phenomenon does this describe, and which isolation level prevents it?

A Lost update; prevented by READ UNCOMMITTED isolation level
B Non-repeatable read; prevented by REPEATABLE READ or higher isolation level
C Phantom read; prevented by SERIALIZABLE isolation level only
D Non-repeatable read; prevented by READ UNCOMMITTED isolation level
E Dirty read; prevented by READ COMMITTED isolation level
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