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6 changes: 5 additions & 1 deletion Doc/library/sqlite3.rst
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Expand Up @@ -648,7 +648,8 @@ Cursor Objects

This is a nonstandard convenience method for executing multiple SQL statements
at once. It issues a ``COMMIT`` statement first, then executes the SQL script it
gets as a parameter.
gets as a parameter. This method disregards :attr:`isolation_level`; any
transation control must be added to *sql_script*.

*sql_script* can be an instance of :class:`str`.

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1048,6 +1049,9 @@ setting :attr:`isolation_level` to ``None``. This will leave the underlying
control the transaction state by explicitly issuing ``BEGIN``, ``ROLLBACK``,
``SAVEPOINT``, and ``RELEASE`` statements in your code.

Note that :meth:`~Cursor.executescript` disregards
:attr:`isolation_level`; any transaction control must be added explicitly.

.. versionchanged:: 3.6
:mod:`sqlite3` used to implicitly commit an open transaction before DDL
statements. This is no longer the case.
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