Specifies a string literal or host variable containing the keyword ON or OFF. The 'ON' argument specifies that if a COMMIT or ROLLBACK statement is executed when there is no active transaction, then SQL will not raise an error. The 'OFF' argument specifies that if a COMMIT or ROLLBACK statement is executed when there is no active transaction, then SQL will raise an error. You can specify the 'ON' and 'OFF' arguments using any case (uppercase, lowercase, or mixed case). By default, if there is no active transaction, SQL raises an error when the COMMIT or ROLLBACK statement is executed. This default is retained for backward compatibility for applications that want to detect this situation.