11.14.Procedures and Transactions

A procedure call executed by a client is just like any other SQL statement. It executes in the context of the client's active transaction. If the connection is in autocommit mode the transaction is automatically committed if the procedure returns successfully and rolled back if the procedure returns with an error. If the connection is in manual commit mode, a possible procedure error has no effect on the client's transaction, unless the error is a transaction error, e.g. timeout or deadlock.

For best performance, we recommend using procedures in autocommit mode. In this way, a single client-server exchange will suffice to carry out the whole transaction. This will also conveniently roll back the transaction if the procedure exited as a result of an unhandled SQLSTATE or a 'not found' condition.

Procedures can commit or rollback transactions using commit work and rollback work statements.