RE: functions/procedures and commits

Tom,

Oracle issues an implicit commit any time DDL is performed or when a quit/exit is issued (Complete Ref p285) or after a set number of commands by using a "set autocommit #" (Complete Ref 283). With the latter is arguably not truly an implicit commit, as you do set it, DDL most certainly is.

FWIW, John P Weatherman
Oracle Database Administrator
Replacements, Ltd.

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John,

there is no such thing as an implicit commit within Oracle.

the only implicit commit that I know of is during a sqlplus session when you exit the program. even this is "settable" by a sqlplus option.

distributed transactions that are controlled by a transaction coordinator (like MS DTC) might issue commits only because the web application requires all updates to be handled by the app-server. but this is different from what you are asking, I think.

Tom Mercadante
Oracle Certified Professional

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> Under what circumstances is a COMMIT done implicitly?
>
> If I call a function or procedure that performs an insert, but does
> not do a commit, will a commit be implicitly performed when the
> function ends?
>
> i.e. is ...
>
> begin
>
> INSERT INTO
> ... etc.
>
> end;
>
> the same as
>
> begin
>
> insert_the_record;
>
> end;
>
> where insert_the_record is a procedure that does the insert, but
> nothing else.

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