John Elrick wrote:
> SNIP
>   
>>> I say this because your example implies that the Python wrapper starts 
>>> the transaction automatically inside the execute, and I would not be 
>>> surprised if it did so BEFORE executing the SQL parameter.
>>>     
>>>       
>> The cursor() method that I call on the conn for the SELECT should give 
>> me a separate transaction.
>>     
>
> Are you certain the wrapper is behaving that way?  As an experiment I 
> altered my Ruby example to try to force it to go into an endless loop 
> and failed (see below).  My experiments seem to confirm that Sqlite is 
> behaving as you expect, perhaps it is the wrapper which is not?
>   

Attempting this closer to the metal, it appears I was mistaken.  A 
select from outside a transaction does indeed have visibility to rows 
added inside the transaction.  I would not have expected this either, Yang.


John
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