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// How to use https://github.com/jaekwon/mysql/

conn, _ := sql.Open("mysql", dbHost)

// You can't  set the level here, the tx connection returned by Begin() isn't guaranteed to
// be in the same session
// conn.Exec("SET TRANSACTION ISOLATION LEVEL SERIALIZABLE")

tx, _ := conn.Begin()
// Before would have err'd, can't set after Begin()!
tx.Exec("SET TRANSACTION ISOLATION LEVEL SERIALIZABLE")
tx.Query(...)
tx.Commit()