On Sat, 08 Dec 2001 14:37:12 +0100, Marco Lauria wrote:

>At 04.30 08/12/2001 -0400, you wrote:
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Marco Lauria [mailto:mslauria@...]
>> > Sent: Viernes 7 de Diciembre de 2001 18:45
>> >
>> > Also I am thinking now about nested transactions, but
>> > FB doesn't support them...
>> > and it is another story.
>>
>>I only have seen nightmares as a result of nested transactions. What are
>>they good for?
>
>I can call from one SP multiple SPs that does different works.
>The works are one independent from the other,
>Every SP has its transaction context.
>If one of the SPs called by the main one encounters an error it cal roll back
>only his transaction, while the other can continue to work.
>This sort of thing allows to really have SQL JOBS on the server....

You maybe are talking about M$SQL... But even M$SQL rollback
ALL TRANSACTIONS until the outermost is reached, not only the innermost.
IT NEVER have rollbacked only the innermost, at least from versions 6.5 to
2000.


[]s Fabricio




[]s Fabricio
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