adap-435 Use explicit begin transaction #887
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resolves #556
docs dbt-labs/docs.getdbt.com/#
Problem
Mixing Snowflake begin/end scripting blocks with transactions throws a syntax error.
Solution
By using the more explicit begin transaction instead of begin, the above confusion and syntax error is avoided, therefore allowing both begin/end blocks as well as transactions being used together.
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