================= START TRANSACTION ================= Synopsis -------- .. code-block:: none START TRANSACTION [ mode [, ...] ] where ``mode`` is one of .. code-block:: none ISOLATION LEVEL { READ UNCOMMITTED | READ COMMITTED | REPEATABLE READ | SERIALIZABLE } READ { ONLY | WRITE } Description ----------- Start a new transaction for the current session. Examples -------- .. code-block:: sql START TRANSACTION; START TRANSACTION ISOLATION LEVEL REPEATABLE READ; START TRANSACTION READ WRITE; START TRANSACTION ISOLATION LEVEL READ COMMITTED, READ ONLY; START TRANSACTION READ WRITE, ISOLATION LEVEL SERIALIZABLE;