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In procedures invoked by the <code class="command">CALL</code> command
as well as in anonymous code blocks (<code class="command">DO</code> command),
it is possible to end transactions using the
commands <code class="command">COMMIT</code> and <code class="command">ROLLBACK</code>. A new
transaction is started automatically after a transaction is ended using
these commands, so there is no separate <code class="command">START
TRANSACTION</code> command. (Note that <code class="command">BEGIN</code> and
<code class="command">END</code> have different meanings in PL/pgSQL.)
</p><p>
Here is a simple example:
</p><pre class="programlisting">
CREATE PROCEDURE transaction_test1()
LANGUAGE plpgsql
AS $$
BEGIN
FOR i IN 0..9 LOOP
INSERT INTO test1 (a) VALUES (i);
IF i % 2 = 0 THEN
COMMIT;
ELSE
ROLLBACK;
END IF;
END LOOP;
END
$$;
CALL transaction_test1();
</pre><p>
</p><p>
Transaction control is only possible in <code class="command">CALL</code> or
<code class="command">DO</code> invocations from the top level or nested
<code class="command">CALL</code> or <code class="command">DO</code> invocations without any
other intervening command. For example, if the call stack is
<code class="command">CALL proc1()</code> → <code class="command">CALL proc2()</code>
→ <code class="command">CALL proc3()</code>, then the second and third
procedures can perform transaction control actions. But if the call stack
is <code class="command">CALL proc1()</code> → <code class="command">SELECT
func2()</code> → <code class="command">CALL proc3()</code>, then the last
procedure cannot do transaction control, because of the
<code class="command">SELECT</code> in between.
</p><p>
Special considerations apply to cursor loops. Consider this example:
</p><pre class="programlisting">
CREATE PROCEDURE transaction_test2()
LANGUAGE plpgsql
AS $$
DECLARE
r RECORD;
BEGIN
FOR r IN SELECT * FROM test2 ORDER BY x LOOP
INSERT INTO test1 (a) VALUES (r.x);
COMMIT;
END LOOP;
END;
$$;
CALL transaction_test2();
</pre><p>
Normally, cursors are automatically closed at transaction commit.
However, a cursor created as part of a loop like this is automatically
converted to a holdable cursor by the first <code class="command">COMMIT</code> or
<code class="command">ROLLBACK</code>. That means that the cursor is fully
evaluated at the first <code class="command">COMMIT</code> or
<code class="command">ROLLBACK</code> rather than row by row. The cursor is still
removed automatically after the loop, so this is mostly invisible to the
user.
</p><p>
Transaction commands are not allowed in cursor loops driven by commands
that are not read-only (for example <code class="command">UPDATE
... RETURNING</code>).
</p><p>
A transaction cannot be ended inside a block with exception handlers.
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