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CHAPTER 8 ■ TRANSACTIONS
■Note A pragma is simply a compiler directive, a method to instruct the compiler to perform some compilation
option. Other pragmas are available. Refer to the PL/SQL programming manual and you will see a list
of them in its index.
And here’s the “normal” NONAUTONOMOUS_INSERT procedure:
ops$tkyte@ORA10G> create or replace procedure NonAutonomous_Insert
2 as
3 begin
4 insert into t values ( 'NonAutonomous Insert' );
5 commit;
6 end;
7 /
Procedure created.
Now let’s observe the behavior of the nonautonomous transaction in an anonymous block
of PL/SQL code:
ops$tkyte@ORA10G> begin
2 insert into t values ( 'Anonymous Block' );
3 NonAutonomous_Insert;
4 rollback;
5 end;
6 /
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
ops$tkyte@ORA10G> select * from t;
MSG
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Anonymous Block
NonAutonomous Insert
As you can see, the work performed by the anonymous block, its INSERT, was committed
by the NONAUTONOMOUS_INSERT procedure. Both rows of data were committed, so the ROLLBACK
command had nothing to roll back. Compare this to the behavior of the autonomous transaction
procedure:
ops$tkyte@ORA10G> delete from t;
2 rows deleted.
ops$tkyte@ORA10G> commit;
Commit complete.
ops$tkyte@ORA10G> begin
2 insert into t values ( 'Anonymous Block' );