sqlite savepoint problem [solved]

[Laszlo Nagy]

>> #1. By using isolation_level = None, connection objects (used as a 
>> context manager) WON'T automatically commit or rollback transactions.
>> #2. Using any isolation level, connection objects WON'T automatically 
>> begin a transaction.
>> #3. Possibly, include your connection manager class code, to show how to 
>> do it "the expected" way.
>>
>> Also one should clarify in the documentation, what isolation_level does. 
>> Looks like setting isolation_level to None is not really an "auto commit 
>> mode". It is not even part of sqlite itself. It is part of the python 
>> extension.
>>     
>
> I think of it as almost the opposite - you have to set
> isolation_level=None to get the unadulterated behaviour of the
> underlying sqlite library. 
>
> I'm sure the devs would appreciate a documentation patch (submission
> details at http://python.org/dev/patches/).  I'm also pretty confident
> that I won't have time to do one up anytime soon :-)
>   
Patch submitted.

http://bugs.python.org/issue8145