Re: JDBC and transactions

So I should setAutoCommit(true) after doing the commit to end the
transaction. But won't this waste a transaction, if the next transaction
starts immediately upon the commit?

Chris

-----Original Message-----
From: Kris Jurka [mailto:books@ejurka.com]
Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 11:33 PM
To: Chris White (cjwhite)
Cc: pgsql-jdbc@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [JDBC] JDBC and transactions



On Fri, 1 Apr 2005, Chris White (cjwhite) wrote:

> 1) When does a transaction start? As soon as I do the first
> insert/update on the connection or as soon as I set autocommit off?
> 2) After doing a commit, when does the next transaction start?

This depends on the driver version you are using.  The 7.4 driver starts a
transaction immediately upon setAutoCommit(false) and starts the next
transaction immediately upon commit.  The 8.0 driver starts the transaction
on the first execution for both the initial and subsequent transactions.

Kris Jurka