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Guidelines for Executing Database Procedures
To execute a database procedure, issue the EXECUTE PROCEDURE statement.
To ensure portability of your application code and consistency of the transactions in your application, observe the following guidelines for executing database procedures:
• Do not issue COMMIT or ROLLBACK statements within a database procedure, because these statements or their equivalents may not be supported in all host database management systems.
• Issue a COMMIT or ROLLBACK statement before and after executing a database procedure.
• If an error occurs while a database procedure is being executed, the current transaction may be rolled back by the host DBMS. While this is permitted by OpenSQL, it is not required. After executing a database procedure, your application should check for errors and, if necessary, roll back the transaction.
Last modified date: 01/30/2023