[DB-SIG] looking for transaction documentations

[Federico Di Gregorio]

On Sat, 2001-12-08 at 02:17, Bob Kline wrote:
> On Fri, 7 Dec 2001, Wichert Akkerman wrote:
>=20
> > I can't seem to find in the DB API 2.0 spec how to transactions. The
> > text does mention them, but it is silent on how to start, abort or
> > end them.
> >
> > Can someone shed some light on this?
>=20
> Sure.  This API follows the ANSI SQL standard in its approach to
> transactions, which are always implicit.  Look at the docs for commit()
> and rollback().  Think of it as working in a world where 'autocommit' is
> always off.

just noting that at least half of the db adapters out there offer an
autocommit mode where you can roll your own transactions sending
"BEGIN", "COMMIT", etc. queries.

--=20
Federico Di Gregorio
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