> Supposing I had a bunch of queries (selects and updates) to perform a
> distinct task. I might allocate all of those queries to a
> TIB_Transaction and wrap the entire procedure in a try..except,
> try..finally for a rollback and commit respectively.
>
> But if I forget to allocate just one of those queries to my
> TIB_Transaction, and something blows up, the transaction gets rolled
> back only in part. Problem is that I don't get an error when it runs
> "Expecting explicit transaction start" because the forgotten query uses
> the default transaction on the IB_Connection to which it is assigned.
>
> Is there a way to prevent the IB_Connection from creating this default
> transaction, so I get the real error?

Yes, use the defaulttransaction property of TIB_Connection or use a
TIB_Database or TIBODatabase component.

Jason Wharton
www.ibobjects.com