what is difference between atomicity and isolation in ACID properties?

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the difference between atomicity and isolation of DBMS is somewhat vague so i am asking for a clear difference between the two ?

Atomicity and isolation, are ensured in classical database transactions by using a commit protocol. This protocol is used to turn temporary storage into permanent storage - that is, the updates to the transaction's data are not visible until the commit protocol validates the stored data. Note that it is the presence of a commit record in the database log which effectively validates the transaction's data.

some tutorial shows the above definition but i'm not cleared with that can any help me — tamil, Oct 06 '17 at 06:28
Possible duplicate of [ACID and database transactions?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3740280/acid-and-database-transactions) — yesemsanthoshkumar, Oct 06 '17 at 08:22

score 8 · Answer 1 · edited Jan 29 '20 at 02:37

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Atomicity describes the behavior within an individual transaction, and Isolation describes the behavior among one or more transactions.

Atomicity: Either all of the database operations in a transaction are executed or none are.

Isolation: Each transaction appears to execute in isolation from other transactions.

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answered Jun 28 '18 at 20:28

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Amazing answer!! – LookIntoEast Jul 25 '21 at 02:24

what is difference between atomicity and isolation in ACID properties?

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