A side query -
IB_Transaction.Refresh(True): Is this theoretically meant to leave the
transaction in an explicit start state? or an implicit start state?
thanks

> I want to test if a transaction is started/running and if not, start it
> explicitly. So I want to test if it's running.
>
> InTransaction:
> It returns true only after StartTransaction has been called. If
> StartTransaction has not been called it will return false, even if an
> implicit logical transaction is in effect.
> So this is not realiable since it may have started implicitly........
> (from the help file)
> TransactionIsActive:
> It is different to InTransaction in that it will still return
> false even if
> StartTransaction has been called.
> So this is unreliable since even an explicit start will not return
> true.......
>
> Started:
> Whether it returns True or False, an active logical transaction could
> nevertheless be in progress.
> So this is unreliable since it can return true or false seemingly on a
> whim!!!!
>
> IS THERE A RELIABLE WAY TO DETECT IF A TRANSACTION IS STARTED
> WHETHER OR NOT
> IT HAS BEEN STARTETD IMPLICITLY OR EXPLICITLY???
>
> Is it that the only way to do this is to use a try block on the explicit
> StartTransaction method? - surely there is a property to tell me the truth
> here?
> OR are the documents wrong here?
>
> regards
> Alan McDonald
>
>
>
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