SET TRANSACTION
SET TRANSACTION 语句用于在 GLOBAL 或 SESSION 的基础上更改当前的隔离级别,是 SET transaction_isolation ='new-value' 的替代语句,提供 MySQL 和 SQL 标准的兼容性。
语法图
- SetStmt
 - TransactionChars
 - IsolationLevel
 - AsOfClause
 
SetStmt ::=
    'SET' ( VariableAssignmentList | 
    'PASSWORD' ('FOR' Username)? '=' PasswordOpt | 
    ( 'GLOBAL'| 'SESSION' )? 'TRANSACTION' TransactionChars | 
    'CONFIG' ( Identifier | stringLit) ConfigItemName EqOrAssignmentEq SetExpr )
TransactionChars ::=
    ( 'ISOLATION' 'LEVEL' IsolationLevel | 'READ' 'WRITE' | 'READ' 'ONLY' AsOfClause? )
IsolationLevel ::=
    ( 'REPEATABLE' 'READ' | 'READ' ( 'COMMITTED' | 'UNCOMMITTED' ) | 'SERIALIZABLE' )
AsOfClause ::=
    ( 'AS' 'OF' 'TIMESTAMP' Expression)
示例
SHOW SESSION VARIABLES LIKE 'transaction_isolation';
+-----------------------+-----------------+
| Variable_name         | Value           |
+-----------------------+-----------------+
| transaction_isolation | REPEATABLE-READ |
+-----------------------+-----------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)
SET SESSION TRANSACTION ISOLATION LEVEL READ COMMITTED;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)
SHOW SESSION VARIABLES LIKE 'transaction_isolation';
+-----------------------+----------------+
| Variable_name         | Value          |
+-----------------------+----------------+
| transaction_isolation | READ-COMMITTED |
+-----------------------+----------------+
1 row in set (0.01 sec)
SET SESSION transaction_isolation = 'REPEATABLE-READ';
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)
SHOW SESSION VARIABLES LIKE 'transaction_isolation';
+-----------------------+-----------------+
| Variable_name         | Value           |
+-----------------------+-----------------+
| transaction_isolation | REPEATABLE-READ |
+-----------------------+-----------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)
MySQL 兼容性
- TiDB 支持仅在语法中将事务设置为只读的功能。
 - 不支持隔离级别 
READ-UNCOMMITTED和SERIALIZABLE。 - 通过快照隔离 (Snapshot Isolation) 技术,实现乐观事务的 
REPEATABLE-READ隔离级别,和 MySQL 兼容。 - 在悲观事务中,TiDB 支持与 MySQL 兼容的 
REPEATABLE-READ和READ-COMMITTED两种隔离级别。具体描述详见 Isolation Levels。