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Sets the transaction isolation level for the global, whole session or

the next transaction.

The default behavior is to set the isolation level for the next (not

started) transaction.  If you use the @code{GLOBAL} keyword, the statement

sets the default transaction level globally for all new connections

created from that point on.  You will need the @strong{process}

privilege to do do this.  Using the @code{SESSION} keyword sets the

default transaction level for all future transactions performed on the

current connection.

You can set the default global isolation level for @code{mysqld} with

@code{--transaction-isolation=...}. @xref{Command-line options}.

@node Fulltext Search, Query Cache, Transactional Commands, Reference