atomicity, consistency, isolation, durability

ACID Properties

Ensuring reliable and consistent database transactions

Interactive ACID Properties simulator

Experience ACID properties through interactive transaction simulations and real-time demonstrations.

Transaction Execution simulator
1
BEGIN TRANSACTION

Initialize transaction and acquire necessary locks

Atomicity: Started
2
VALIDATE CONSTRAINTS

Check all business rules and database constraints

Consistency: Checking
3
EXECUTE OPERATIONS

Perform database modifications with proper isolation

Isolation: Active
4
COMMIT TRANSACTION

Make changes permanent and ensure durability

Durability: Ensured

Live Database State

Accounts Table
Account ID Account Holder Balance Status
A001 John Smith $1,000.00 Active
A002 Jane doE $750.00 Active
A003 bOb Wilson $2,500.00 Active

Atomicity: All or Nothing

Atomicity ensures that transactions are treated as single, indivisible units. Watch how a failed operation triggers a complete rollback.

Transaction SQL
Begin Transaction
Execute Operations
Commit/Rollback

Consistency: Maintaining Data Integrity

Database Constraints Monitor
Balance >= 0

All account balances must be non-negative

✓ Satisfied
Account ID Unique

Each account must have a unique identifier

✓ Satisfied
Valid Account Status

Status must be 'Active', 'Inactive', or 'Closed'

✓ Satisfied

Isolation: Concurrent Transaction Management

See how different isolation levels handle concurrent transactions and prevent interference.

Transaction 1
1. BEGIN TRANSACTION
2. SELECT balance FROM accounts WHERE id = 'A001' Read: $1,000
3. UPDATE accounts SET balance = balance - 200
4. COMMIT
Transaction 2
1. BEGIN TRANSACTION
2. SELECT balance FROM accounts WHERE id = 'A001' Read: $1,000 (isolated view)
3. UPDATE accounts SET balance = balance - 300
4. COMMIT

Durability: Persistence Through Failures

Observe how committed transactions survive system crashes and are recoverable.

[2024-01-15 10:30:15] BEGIN TRANSACTION T001
[2024-01-15 10:30:16] UPDATE accounts SET balance = 500 WHERE id = 'A001'
[2024-01-15 10:30:17] UPDATE accounts SET balance = 1500 WHERE id = 'A002'
[2024-01-15 10:30:18] COMMIT TRANSACTION T001

ACID Properties Scenarios

Practice with real-world transaction scenarios:

ACID Properties Quiz

Which ACID property ensures that either all operations in a transaction succeed or none do?
  • A) Atomicity
  • B) Consistency
  • C) Isolation
  • D) Durability

ACID Properties

Atomicity
Consistency
Isolation
Durability

Transaction Log

Transaction Started
Ready to execute

ACID Rules

• All operations succeed or all fail
• No partial transactions
• Rollback on any failure
• Indivisible unit of work
• Database remains in valid state
• All constraints satisfied
• Referential integrity maintained
• Business rules enforced
• Concurrent transactions don't interfere
• Each transaction sees consistent data
• Locking mechanisms prevent conflicts
• Multiple isolation levels available
• Committed changes persist
• Survives system failures
• Write-ahead logging
• Backup and recovery mechanisms

Transaction Stats

0
Successful
0
Failed
0
Rolled Back
0
Total

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Related Topics

Concurrency Control Locking Mechanisms Database Design

Transaction Isolation Levels

Different levels of isolation provide trade-offs between consistency and performance

Isolation Level Dirty Read Non-Repeatable Read Phantom Read Performance
READ UNCOMMITTED Allowed Allowed Allowed Highest
READ COMMITTED Prevented Allowed Allowed High
REPEATABLE READ Prevented Prevented Allowed Medium
SERIALIZABLE Prevented Prevented Prevented Lowest
Dirty Read

Reading uncommitted changes from another transaction that might be rolled back.

Non-Repeatable Read

Getting different values when reading the same row multiple times within a transaction.

Phantom Read

New rows appearing in result sets when the same query is executed multiple times.