title: Can I turn transactions off in MySQL/InnoDB?
body: <p>I have a Django app where the default "REPEATABLE READ" transaction isolation level in InnoDB is causing different processes to have different views of the data than that current in the database.</p>
  
  <p>e.g. Process 1 has made a change but Process 2 isn't seeing it.</p>
  
  <p>I don't need transactional integrity in the app; can I just turn off transactions altogether so that all processes doing a SELECT see the same data? </p>
  
  <p>Any downside to doing this?</p>
  
  <p>Is this what is meant by "READ UNCOMMITTED"?</p>
  
  <p>Any pointers welcome
  Rachel</p>