+ <note>
+ <para>
+ 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.
+ </para>
+ </note>