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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/begin.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/begin.sgml index 66fcda1776d..03fcbf97f27 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/begin.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/begin.sgml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <!-- -$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/begin.sgml,v 1.27 2003/11/29 19:51:38 pgsql Exp $ +$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/begin.sgml,v 1.28 2004/01/10 02:21:08 momjian Exp $ PostgreSQL documentation --> @@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ PostgreSQL documentation <refsynopsisdiv> <synopsis> BEGIN [ WORK | TRANSACTION ] + [ ISOLATION LEVEL { READ UNCOMMITTED | READ COMMITTED | REPEATABLE READ | SERIALIZABLE } ] + [ READ WRITE | READ ONLY ] </synopsis> </refsynopsisdiv> @@ -49,6 +51,13 @@ BEGIN [ WORK | TRANSACTION ] other sessions will be unable to see the intermediate states wherein not all the related updates have been done. </para> + + <para> + If the isolation level or read/write mode is specified, the new + transaction has those characteristics, as if + <xref linkend="sql-set-transaction" endterm="sql-set-transaction-title"> + was executed. + </para> </refsect1> <refsect1> @@ -65,6 +74,12 @@ BEGIN [ WORK | TRANSACTION ] </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> + + <para> + See under <xref linkend="sql-set-transaction" + endterm="sql-set-transaction-title"> about the meaning of the + other parameters. + </para> </refsect1> <refsect1> |