snowflake.snowpark.Session.begin_transaction¶

Session.begin_transaction(name: Optional[str] = None) → None[source] (https://github.com/snowflakedb/snowpark-python/blob/v1.42.0/src/snowflake/snowpark/session.py#L4934-L4961)¶

Begins a new transaction in the current session.

Parameters:

name – Optional string that assigns a name to the transaction. A name helps identify a transaction, but is not required and does not need to be unique.

Example::

>>> # Begin an anonymous transaction
>>> session.begin_transaction()

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>>> # Begin a named transaction
>>> session.begin_transaction("my_transaction")

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