Name

START TRANSACTION — start a transaction block

Synopsis

START TRANSACTION [ transaction_mode [, ...] ]

where transaction_mode is one of:

    ISOLATION LEVEL { SERIALIZABLE | REPEATABLE READ | READ COMMITTED | READ UNCOMMITTED }
    READ WRITE | READ ONLY
    [ NOT ] DEFERRABLE

Parameters

Refer to SET TRANSACTION(7) for information on the meaning of the parameters to this statement.