START TRANSACTION# Synopsis# START TRANSACTION [ mode [, ...] ] where mode is one of ISOLATION LEVEL { READ UNCOMMITTED | READ COMMITTED | REPEATABLE READ | SERIALIZABLE } READ { ONLY | WRITE } Description# Start a new transaction for the current session. Examples# 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; See also# COMMIT, ROLLBACK