Re: "Idle in Transaction" revisited.

>> Trouble is, with JDBC as its currently implemented, the instant you
>> Commit() or Rollback(), JDBC starts a new transaction automatically,
>> since JDBC has no explicit Begin().   If that thread then goes
>> quiescent for an arbitrary period of time (perhaps waiting for more
>> messaging traffic, our apps are message driven factory floor
>> middleware things), this transaction remains open.    Our
>> applications are characterized by bursts of frenetic activity
>> followed by long idle periods, quite unpredictably.
>
> I was under the impression that this was easily addressed by
> delaying the onset of the next transaction after commit/rollback until
> some actual statement activity began. (like a SELECT...)

yes, apparently that fix is in the 8 beta client, but not in the 7.4.5
client.