START TRANSACTION statement [YSQL]

Synopsis

Use the START TRANSACTION statement to start a transaction with the default (or specified) isolation level.

Syntax

{{%ebnf%}} start_transaction {{%/ebnf%}}

Semantics

The START TRANSACTION statement is simply an alternative spelling for the BEGIN statement. The syntax that follows START TRANSACTION is identical to that syntax that follows BEGIN [ TRANSACTION | WORK ]. And the two alternative spellings have identical semantics.

See also

• ABORT
• BEGIN
• COMMIT
• END
• ROLLBACK
• SET TRANSACTION