.\" This is -*-nroff-*-.\" XXX standard disclaimer belongs here.....\" $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/man/Attic/begin.l,v 1.1 1996/11/14 10:15:11 scrappy Exp $.TH BEGIN SQL 11/05/95 Postgres95 Postgres95.SH NAMEbegin \(em begins a transaction.SH SYNOPSIS.nf\fBbegin\fP \fB[transaction|work]\fR.fi.SH DESCRIPTIONThis command begins a user transaction which Postgres will guarantee isserializable with respect to all concurrently executing transactions.Postgres uses two-phase locking to perform this task. If the transactionis committed, Postgres will ensure that all updates are done or none ofthem are done. Transactions have the standard ACID (atomic,consistent, isolatable, and durable) property..SH "SEE ALSO"abort(l),end(l).