== Using transactions

=== Transactions with connections

You can execute transaction using SQL `BEGIN`/`COMMIT`/`ROLLBACK`, if you do so you must use
a `link:../../apidocs/io/vertx/sqlclient/SqlConnection.html[SqlConnection]` and manage it yourself.

Or you can use the transaction API of `link:../../apidocs/io/vertx/sqlclient/SqlConnection.html[SqlConnection]`:

[source,kotlin]
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pool.getConnection({ res ->
  if (res.succeeded()) {

    // Transaction must use a connection
    var conn = res.result()

    // Begin the transaction
    var tx = conn.begin()

    // Various statements
    conn.query("INSERT INTO Users (first_name,last_name) VALUES ('Julien','Viet')", { ar1 ->
      if (ar1.succeeded()) {
        conn.query("INSERT INTO Users (first_name,last_name) VALUES ('Emad','Alblueshi')", { ar2 ->
          if (ar2.succeeded()) {
            // Commit the transaction
            tx.commit({ ar3 ->
              if (ar3.succeeded()) {
                println("Transaction succeeded")
              } else {
                println("Transaction failed ${ar3.cause().getMessage()}")
              }
              // Return the connection to the pool
              conn.close()
            })
          } else {
            // Return the connection to the pool
            conn.close()
          }
        })
      } else {
        // Return the connection to the pool
        conn.close()
      }
    })
  }
})

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When PostgreSQL reports the current transaction is failed (e.g the infamous _current transaction is aborted, commands ignored until
end of transaction block_), the transaction is rollbacked and the `link:../../apidocs/io/vertx/sqlclient/Transaction.html#abortHandler-io.vertx.core.Handler-[abortHandler]`
is called:

[source,kotlin]
----
tx.abortHandler({ v ->
  println("Transaction failed => rollbacked")
})

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=== Simplified transaction API

When you use a pool, you can start a transaction directly on the pool.

It borrows a connection from the pool, begins the transaction and releases the connection to the pool when the transaction ends.

[source,kotlin]
----

// Acquire a transaction and begin the transaction
pool.begin({ res ->
  if (res.succeeded()) {

    // Get the transaction
    var tx = res.result()

    // Various statements
    tx.query("INSERT INTO Users (first_name,last_name) VALUES ('Julien','Viet')", { ar1 ->
      if (ar1.succeeded()) {
        tx.query("INSERT INTO Users (first_name,last_name) VALUES ('Emad','Alblueshi')", { ar2 ->
          if (ar2.succeeded()) {
            // Commit the transaction
            // the connection will automatically return to the pool
            tx.commit({ ar3 ->
              if (ar3.succeeded()) {
                println("Transaction succeeded")
              } else {
                println("Transaction failed ${ar3.cause().getMessage()}")
              }
            })
          }
        })
      } else {
        // No need to close connection as transaction will abort and be returned to the pool
      }
    })
  }
})

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NOTE: this code will not close the connection because it will always be released back to the pool when the transaction