Hi As a newbie in PL/pgSQL I have faced an error SPI_ERROR_TRANSACTION which was raised always when I have tried to launch following function with uncommented keywords SAVEPOINT, SET TRANSACTION and COMMIT(when commented, function works fine): CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION insert_employee( name_emp varchar, surname_emp varchar, street_emp varchar, postcode_emp varchar, city_emp varchar, login_emp varchar, password_emp varchar) returns boolean as $insert_emp$ DECLARE last_row_id integer; BEGIN --SAVEPOINT my_savepoint; --SET TRANSACTION ISOLATION LEVEL SERIALIZABLE; INSERT INTO person VALUES (nextval('person_seq'), $1,$2,$3,$4,$5); IF NOT FOUND THEN ROLLBACK TO SAVEPOINT my_savepoint; RAISE EXCEPTION 'New person insertion error'; RETURN false; END IF; SELECT currval('public.person_seq') INTO last_row_id; INSERT INTO employee VALUES (nextval('employee_seq'), last_row_id, $6, $7); IF NOT FOUND THEN ROLLBACK TO SAVEPOINT my_savepoint; RETURN false; END IF; --COMMIT; RETURN true; END; $insert_emp$ LANGUAGE plpgsql; I don't know why these keywords cannot be used in function block if they works fine in Begin-Commit block. How can I change TRANSACTION type into SERIALIZABLE within mentioned insert_employee function. Thanks in advance, Daroslav -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/SPI_ERROR_TRANSACTION--PostgreSQL-8.3--tp23277399p23277399.html Sent from the PostgreSQL - general mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general