| Oracle® Database PL/SQL Language Reference 11g Release 2 (11.2) E25519-07 | 
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The AUTONOMOUS_TRANSACTION pragma marks a routine as autonomous; that is, independent of the main transaction.
In this context, a routine is one of these:
Schema-level (not nested) anonymous PL/SQL block
Standalone, package, or nested subprogram
Method of an ADT
Noncompound trigger
