What is a dirty read?

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What is a dirty read?

Option A — Correct answer

Reading data written by an uncommitted transaction

Dirty reads can expose changes that may later roll back.

Option B

Reading a primary key

Option C

Reading a Java String

Option D

Reading only committed data

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