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13.3.3. Statements That Cause an Implicit Commit

The statements listed in this section (and any synonyms for them) implicitly end any transaction active in the current session, as if you had done a COMMIT before executing the statement. As of MySQL 5.5.3, most of these statements also cause an implicit commit after executing; for additional details, see the end of this section.

As of MySQL 5.5.3, most statements that previously caused an implicit commit before executing also do so after executing. The intent is to handle each such statement in its own special transaction because it cannot be rolled back anyway. The following list provides additional details pertaining to this change: