The example in the dirty reads tutorial demonstrated the first type of inconsistency, namely the dirty read. In that example, an Accountant made a calculation while the Sales Manager was in the process of updating a price. The Accountant's calculation used erroneous information which the Sales Manager had entered and was in the process of fixing.

The following example demonstrates another type of inconsistency: non-repeatable reads. In this example, you assume the role of the same two employees, both using the SQL Anywhere sample database concurrently. The Sales Manager wants to offer a new sales price on plastic visors. The Accountant wants to verify the prices of some items that appear on a recent order.

This example begins with both connections at isolation level 1, rather than at isolation level 0, which is the default for the SQL Anywhere sample database supplied with SQL Anywhere. By setting the isolation level to 1, you eliminate the type of inconsistency which the previous tutorial demonstrated, namely the dirty read.