> Because *anything* you can do with a Firebird DB (accessing it

through

> the server, I mean :) must happen inside a transaction. That's the

way

> FB works.

Of course, but this transaction is the physical transaction that
exists and is active. The prepare method has opened this
transaction. (checked by if ib_transaction.started=true before and
after prepare)

The StartTransaction opens the logical transaction after the
physical transaction has started by the prepare method.

Regards,

Fabio.