I've had this small patch in my local tree for a while. It documents

new commands which may make an SPI call fail.

Alvaro Herrera

doc/src/sgml/spi.sgml

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 <chapter id="spi">
@@ -537,8 +537,15 @@ typedef struct
      <term><symbol>SPI_ERROR_TRANSACTION</symbol></term>
      <listitem>
       <para>
-       if <command>BEGIN</>, <command>COMMIT</>, or
-       <command>ROLLBACK</> was attempted
+	   if any command involving transaction manipulation was attempted
+	   (<command>BEGIN</>,
+	   <command>COMMIT</>,
+	   <command>ROLLBACK</>,
+	   <command>SAVEPOINT</>,
+	   <command>PREPARE TRANSACTION</>,
+	   <command>COMMIT PREPARED</>,
+	   <command>ROLLBACK PREPARED</>,
+	   or any variant thereof)
       </para>
      </listitem>
     </varlistentry>