46.9. Transaction Management
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## 46.9. Transaction Management

In a procedure called from the top level or an anonymous code block (`DO` command) called from the top level it is possible to control transactions. To commit the current transaction, call `plpy.commit()`. To roll back the current transaction, call `plpy.rollback()`. (Note that it is not possible to run the SQL commands `COMMIT` or `ROLLBACK` via `plpy.execute` or similar. It has to be done using these functions.) After a transaction is ended, a new transaction is automatically started, so there is no separate function for that.

Here is an example:

    CREATE PROCEDURE transaction_test1()
    LANGUAGE plpythonu
    AS $$
    for i in range(0, 10):
        plpy.execute("INSERT INTO test1 (a) VALUES (%d)" % i)
        if i % 2 == 0:
            plpy.commit()
        else:
            plpy.rollback()
    $$;

    CALL transaction_test1();

Transactions cannot be ended when an explicit subtransaction is active.

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