DROP TABLE IF EXISTS t1; connect con1,localhost,root,,; connect con2,localhost,root,,; connection con1; CREATE TABLE t1 (a ) ENGINE= ; SET SESSION TRANSACTION ISOLATION LEVEL SERIALIZABLE; START TRANSACTION WITH CONSISTENT SNAPSHOT; connection con2; INSERT INTO t1 (a) VALUES (1); connection con1; # If consistent read works on this isolation level (SERIALIZABLE), the following SELECT should not return the value we inserted (1) SELECT a FROM t1; a COMMIT; connection default; disconnect con1; disconnect con2; DROP TABLE t1;