Re: "Idle in Transaction" revisited.

John R Pierce wrote:
>>> 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.

However it seems the 8.0 client will work with the 7.4.x  server



Regards
Gaetano Mendola