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+.\"     Title: SPI_start_transaction
+.\"    Author: The PostgreSQL Global Development Group
+.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets vsnapshot <http://docbook.sf.net/>
+.\"      Date: 2023
+.\"    Manual: PostgreSQL 15.4 Documentation
+.\"    Source: PostgreSQL 15.4
+.\"  Language: English
+.\"
+.TH "SPI_START_TRANSACTION" "3" "2023" "PostgreSQL 15.4" "PostgreSQL 15.4 Documentation"
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+.\" * MAIN CONTENT STARTS HERE *
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+.SH "NAME"
+SPI_start_transaction \- obsolete function
+.SH "SYNOPSIS"
+.sp
+.nf
+void SPI_start_transaction(void)
+.fi
+.SH "DESCRIPTION"
+.PP
+\fBSPI_start_transaction\fR
+does nothing, and exists only for code compatibility with earlier
+PostgreSQL
+releases\&. It used to be required after calling
+\fBSPI_commit\fR
+or
+\fBSPI_rollback\fR, but now those functions start a new transaction automatically\&.