Execute marks end of transaction?

Can I end a transaction as soon as I call execute()? or do I have to wait
until I finish fetching all the rows?

For example, I have:

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    $dbh->do("start transaction");

    my $groups_query = $dbh->prepare(qq{select id, name from staff_grp});
    $groups_query->execute;

# place1

    while (my @one_group = $groups_query->fetchrow_array)
    {
        print @one_group;
    }

#place 2

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Can I end the transaction in #place1 or do I have to wait until #place2?

• Execute marks end of transaction? by Jimmy Li
• RE: [dbi] Execute marks end of transaction? by Martin J. Evans
• Re: [dbi] Execute marks end of transaction? by Jonathan Leffler
• Re: Execute marks end of transaction? by Martin J. Evans