Transaction Isolation Level Scopes

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Run the following and see for yourself:

CREATE PROCEDURE dbo.KeepsIsolation
AS
BEGIN
PRINT 'Inside sproc that does not change isolation level';
DBCC USEROPTIONS;
END
GO

CREATE PROCEDURE dbo.ChangesIsolation
AS
BEGIN
PRINT 'Inside sproc that changes isolation level';
SET TRANSACTION ISOLATION LEVEL READ COMMITTED;
DBCC USEROPTIONS;
END
GO
SET TRANSACTION ISOLATION LEVEL REPEATABLE READ;
DBCC USEROPTIONS;
EXEC dbo.KeepsIsolation;
DBCC USEROPTIONS;
EXEC dbo.ChangesIsolation;
-- demonstrates that isolation level restored to REPEATABLE READ after exiting the procedure
    DBCC USEROPTIONS;

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