Ok, but I'm not sure this applies in my situation. If you look at my
original post, I'm NOT doing an Insert(), Set Fields, Post(). I'm doing it
manually, generating the SQL myself, setting the SQL parameter of TIB_DSQL,
and doing an Execute(), then a Commit() on the transaction. I don't think
POST applies in this situation, or does it?

Isn't the data sent to the server when I do the Execute()? I think you're
just misunderstanding what I'm doing.

TIB_DSQL doesn't have the BeforeInsert and AfterInsert triggers.

-Joe

>Trigger are fired depending on what event you have chained it to, but
>generally, you have not to make confusion between a BeforeInsert and
>AfterInsert EVENT of the query, and the similar triggers of the table.
>When you use myTable.Insert, it's a CLIENT ONLY stuff, nothing is sent
>to the server, the server knows NOTHING about you inserting.
>When you POST the record (after the insert), the client (IBO) sends a
>INSERT xxx SLQ command to the server. THEN the server fires the
>BeforeInsert and the AfterInsert trigger, that means "before insertig
>the record in the database" and "after having inserted the record".
>The same about Edit (client only stuff) that, once posted, becomes an
>UPDATE xxx SQL command.
>So if you POST a inserted/modified record, the server tries to use the
>new values. A part from a onld Interbase bug, that Firebird has fixed
> for sure, but I think IB 6.5 and 7 have too, the triggers
>BeforeInsert (or BeforeUpdate) are fired, the record value added
>(updated) in the database, and doing so if constraints errors occurs
>(i.e. unique key violation) an exception is sent to the client.
>
> >
> > What if User A inserts and commits, then User B inserts? Will User
>B get a Key
> > Violation on the INSERT, or on it's COMMIT?
>
>In the POST ;) But this leaves the client in a undefined state. You
>can react two ways:
>a) ask the user another key, and try again Post + Commit
>b) rollback
>
> >
> > Can both inserts and commits generate Key Violations (depending on
>the situation),
> > or is it only commits?
>
>AFAIK ony post
>
> >
> > Another question: If I start a transaction and try to insert (or
>insert and commit) and
> > get a Key Violation, and I need to change the query (or paramaters)
>and retry, what
> > exactly would I do?
>
>You have to give the server valid values, so change key values and try
>again. In any case, don't leave the situation without a successful
>Commit or a Rollback, this would leave the transaction open for a long
>time.
>
> > Rollback transaction, Start transaction, change SQL, Execute again
> > or, do I even have to bother rolling back and restarting? Can I
>just change the SQL
> > and re-Execute? What if the insert succeeded, but the commit failed?
> >
> > -Joe
>
>Well, apart from cuncurrent transaction problems, an argumenti I have
>to deeply investigate, and if you use "read committed" transaction
>isolation level, think about transaction like "the final destiny" of
>the work you have done since it's start.
>you can:
>start a transaction
>add / delete /edit how many records you want
>rollback -----> you loose ALL what you have done since Start Transaction
>or
>Commit -----> tell "FINAL DECISION", "NO REVERSABLE STATE" to what you
>have done.
>
>Simple sample situation: put that you have to delete a customer and
>all his orders (let's forget about referential integrity for a moment).
>And put that you want to do this in a Paradox-like way.
>So you have to:
>a) loop throuh his orders, deleting then one by one
>b) perform some calculations, display, and so on (just for example)
>c) delete the customer
>
>without transaction, if an error occurs in a) or b) or c), you are in
>a inconsistent state (i.e. only some orders deleted, or deleted all
>orders but not the customer)
>with transaction, you start the transaction, use try..except, do
>inside it all steps a-c, if an error occurs, except do the RollBack,
>so the database is left as it was before, if no error occurred, you
>Commit, telling the database "ok, make all this stuff DEFINITIVE".
>
>try
> a)
> b)
> c)
> Commit;
>except
> RollBack
>end;
>
>Read some interesting tech sheets in the Ibobject site, and
>http://www.cvalde.com/ has some very interesting articles (well, it
>had...)
>regards
>Marco Menardi
>
>
>
>
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