hi dear mysql list members
i have setup a mysql database 4.013 with innodb enabled. when i set the transaction isolation level to serializable. after executing a specific query is the insertion into a table blocked for about 20 seconds. the table is defined as follows CREATE TABLE `slide` ( `id` bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment, `identifier` varchar(255) NOT NULL default '', `comment` varchar(255) default NULL, `fromid` bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL default '0', `system` tinyint(1) unsigned NOT NULL default '0', `size` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL default '0', `data` text NOT NULL, `modifyid` bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL default '0', `modifytime` bigint(20) unsigned NOT NULL default '0', PRIMARY KEY (`id`) ) TYPE=InnoDB executing the following query seems to work well. it returns quickly and the result is as expected. SELECT `id`, `data` FROM `slide` WHERE LOCATE('filterid="7"',`data`) != 0 but the first insertion into the slide table after that select is locked for about 20 seconds. selects work without any timeout. i would be happy if someone has an idea how i can resolve the problem. best regards benny