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-rw-r--r--lib/sqlalchemy/engine/__init__.py2
-rw-r--r--lib/sqlalchemy/engine/base.py14
-rw-r--r--lib/sqlalchemy/engine/default.py6
3 files changed, 22 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/sqlalchemy/engine/__init__.py b/lib/sqlalchemy/engine/__init__.py
index f512e260a..7a14cdfb5 100644
--- a/lib/sqlalchemy/engine/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/sqlalchemy/engine/__init__.py
@@ -275,6 +275,8 @@ def create_engine(*args, **kwargs):
:ref:`MySQL Transaction Isolation <mysql_isolation_level>`
+ :ref:`session_transaction_isolation` - for the ORM
+
:param label_length=None: optional integer value which limits
the size of dynamically generated column labels to that many
characters. If less than 6, labels are generated as
diff --git a/lib/sqlalchemy/engine/base.py b/lib/sqlalchemy/engine/base.py
index 8d816b7fd..8d6dd636a 100644
--- a/lib/sqlalchemy/engine/base.py
+++ b/lib/sqlalchemy/engine/base.py
@@ -222,6 +222,19 @@ class Connection(Connectable):
is returned to the connection pool, i.e.
the :meth:`.Connection.close` method is called.
+ .. warning:: The ``isolation_level`` execution option should
+ **not** be used when a transaction is already established, that
+ is, the :meth:`.Connection.begin` method or similar has been
+ called. A database cannot change the isolation level on a
+ transaction in progress, and different DBAPIs and/or
+ SQLAlchemy dialects may implicitly roll back or commit
+ the transaction, or not affect the connection at all.
+
+ .. versionchanged:: 0.9.9 A warning is emitted when the
+ ``isolation_level`` execution option is used after a
+ transaction has been started with :meth:`.Connection.begin`
+ or similar.
+
.. seealso::
:paramref:`.create_engine.isolation_level`
@@ -235,6 +248,7 @@ class Connection(Connectable):
:ref:`MySQL Transaction Isolation <mysql_isolation_level>`
+ :ref:`session_transaction_isolation` - for the ORM
:param no_parameters: When ``True``, if the final parameter
list or dictionary is totally empty, will invoke the
diff --git a/lib/sqlalchemy/engine/default.py b/lib/sqlalchemy/engine/default.py
index f6c2263b3..17d2e2531 100644
--- a/lib/sqlalchemy/engine/default.py
+++ b/lib/sqlalchemy/engine/default.py
@@ -395,6 +395,12 @@ class DefaultDialect(interfaces.Dialect):
self._set_connection_isolation(connection, opts['isolation_level'])
def _set_connection_isolation(self, connection, level):
+ if connection.in_transaction():
+ util.warn(
+ "Connection is already established with a Transaction; "
+ "setting isolation_level may implicitly rollback or commit "
+ "the existing transaction, or have no effect until "
+ "next transaction")
self.set_isolation_level(connection.connection, level)
connection.connection._connection_record.\
finalize_callback.append(self.reset_isolation_level)