Displays the characteristics of the current transaction or, if there is no active transaction, the characteristics specified in the last DECLARE TRANSACTION statement. For each database within the scope of the transaction, SQL displays the following: o Transaction o Tables specified in the RESERVING clause of the DECLARE TRANSACTION or SET TRANSACTION statement o Share mode and lock type for each of those tables o If fast commit processing is enabled In addition, the SHOW TRANSACTION statement displays transaction information returned by the base database system about the transaction, such as whether or not the transaction is active.