Defining autonomous transactions, PL-SQL Programming

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Defining Autonomous Transactions

To define an autonomous transaction, you use the pragma (compiler directive) AUTONOMOUS_TRANSACTION. The pragma instructs the PL/SQL compiler to mark the routine as the autonomous (independent). In this context, the word routine involves:

(i) The top-level anonymous PL/SQL blocks

(ii)The local, packaged functions, and stand-alone & procedures

(iii) The methods of the SQL object type

(iv)A database triggers

You can code the pragma wherever in the declarative part of a routine. But, for the readability, code the pragma at the top of the part. The syntax is as shown:

PRAGMA AUTONOMOUS_TRANSACTION;

In the illustration below, you mark a packaged function as autonomous:

CREATE PACKAGE banking AS

...

FUNCTION balance (acct_id INTEGER) RETURN REAL;

END banking;

CREATE PACKAGE BODY banking AS

...

FUNCTION balance (acct_id INTEGER) RETURN REAL IS

PRAGMA AUTONOMOUS_TRANSACTION;

my_bal REAL;

BEGIN

...

END;

END banking;

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