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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><a id="id-1.8.8.10.4" class="indexterm"></a><p id="PLPGSQL-TRANSACTION-CHAIN">
    A new transaction starts out with default transaction characteristics such
    as transaction isolation level.  In cases where transactions are committed
    in a loop, it might be desirable to start new transactions automatically
    with the same characteristics as the previous one.  The commands
    <code class="command">COMMIT AND CHAIN</code> and <code class="command">ROLLBACK AND
    CHAIN</code> accomplish this.
   </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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