Python's MySqlDB not getting updated row

Question

I have a script that waits until some row in a db is updated:

con = MySQLdb.connect(server, user, pwd, db)

When the script starts the row\'

Answer 1

I worked around this by running

c.execute("""set session transaction isolation level READ COMMITTED""")

early on in my reading session. Updates from other threads do come through now.

In my instance I was keeping connections open for a long time (inside mod_python) and so updates by other processes weren't being seen at all.