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DB2 Locks and Isolation Levels Explained by Sergio Mora is a document available to read on EtoBox.

DB2 uses locks to control concurrency and ensure consistency across transactions. There are three main types of locks in DB2 - shared, update, and exclusive locks. Locks are used to control access to resources like data pages and tablespaces. DB2 may escalate row-level locks to table-level locks for performance. Choosing the right isolation level, transaction size, and using techniques like frequent commits can help minimize locking issues like deadlocks.

Author

Sergio Mora

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EN