.. _sqlite_isolation_level:
-Transaction Isolation Level
-----------------------------
+Transaction Isolation Level / Autocommit
+----------------------------------------
SQLite supports "transaction isolation" in a non-standard way, along two
axes. One is that of the
SQLite defaults to ``SERIALIZABLE``, however its behavior is impacted by
the pysqlite driver's default behavior.
+When using the pysqlite driver, the ``"AUTOCOMMIT"`` isolation level is also
+available, which will alter the pysqlite connection using the ``.isolation_level``
+attribute on the DBAPI connection and set it to None for the duration
+of the setting.
+
+.. versionadded:: 1.3.16 added support for SQLite AUTOCOMMIT isolation level
+ when using the pysqlite / sqlite3 SQLite driver.
+
+
The other axis along which SQLite's transactional locking is impacted is
via the nature of the ``BEGIN`` statement used. The three varieties
are "deferred", "immediate", and "exclusive", as described at
# emit our own BEGIN
conn.execute("BEGIN")
+.. warning:: When using the above recipe, it is advised to not use the
+ :paramref:`.execution_options.isolation_level` setting on
+ :class:`.Connection` and :func:`.create_engine` with the SQLite driver,
+ as this function necessarily will also alter the ".isolation_level" setting.
+
+
Above, we intercept a new pysqlite connection and disable any transactional
integration. Then, at the point at which SQLAlchemy knows that transaction
scope is to begin, we emit ``"BEGIN"`` ourselves.
def _get_server_version_info(self, connection):
return self.dbapi.sqlite_version_info
+ def set_isolation_level(self, connection, level):
+ if hasattr(connection, "connection"):
+ dbapi_connection = connection.connection
+ else:
+ dbapi_connection = connection
+
+ if level == "AUTOCOMMIT":
+ dbapi_connection.isolation_level = None
+ else:
+ dbapi_connection.isolation_level = ""
+ return super(SQLiteDialect_pysqlite, self).set_isolation_level(
+ connection, level
+ )
+
def create_connect_args(self, url):
if url.username or url.password or url.host or url.port:
raise exc.ArgumentError(
if against(config, "sqlite"):
default = "SERIALIZABLE"
+ levels.add("AUTOCOMMIT")
elif against(config, "postgresql"):
default = "READ COMMITTED"
levels.add("AUTOCOMMIT")