Sean Leyne wrote:

>I have been thinking about a new feature for IB/Firebird and I have some
>background questions which I would like to ask so make sure that I'm on
>the right path...
>
>1) It has often been noted that generators have no transaction
>context, they are outside of transaction control. Does this mean that
>the generator DB page also has no transaction context/information?

Yes.

>2) Are all other DB structures updated in a transaction context?
>Put another way, does the engine maintain transaction versions of all
>other DB structures?

No. Transaction context is kept only on individual data rows. What
do you have in mind?

Regards,

Ann
www.ibphoenix.com
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