In contrast to &commonsql;, &clsql;, by default, starts in
transaction AUTOCOMMIT mode (see <link
linkend="set-autocommit"><function>set-autocommit</function></link>).
To begin a transaction in autocommit mode, <link
linkend="start-transaction"><function>start-transaction</function></link>
has to be called explicitly.
In contrast to &commonsql;, &clsql;, by default, starts in
transaction AUTOCOMMIT mode (see <link
linkend="set-autocommit"><function>set-autocommit</function></link>).
To begin a transaction in autocommit mode, <link
linkend="start-transaction"><function>start-transaction</function></link>
has to be called explicitly.