z> 3. If your database is updated a lot, and you use default .net
z> transaction (IsolationLevel.ReadCommitted) while reading data,
z> WRITERS BLOCK READERS.

A ReadCommited transaction can see commited records by transactions
that were started after the ReadCommited one. It is not true that
writers block readers.

Carlos
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