RE: sql*plus autocommit and exit

Yes, that is the documented behavior - 'exit' will commit by default. You must execute a 'rollback', or 'exit rollback' if you don't want to commit when you exit. The autocommit option just applies to DML (insert/update/delete) commands - not the exit command.  

Regards,
Brandon  

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From: oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org [mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org]On Behalf Of Sami Seerangan Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 11:33 AM
To: oracle-l
Subject: sql*plus autocommit and exit

Hi:

I have a autocommit value set to OFF however when I exit from SQL*Plus it commits the transaction. Is it a expected behavior?

SQL> show auto
autocommit OFF

SQL> delete from t1;
48601 rows deleted.

SQL> exit
Disconnected from Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.1.0.2.0 - Production With the Partitioning, OLAP and Data Mining options C:\Documents and Settings\s397131\Desktop>sqlplus sami/sami SQL*Plus: Release 10.1.0.2.0 - Production on Mon Aug 15 14:29:05 2005 Copyright (c) 1982, 2004, Oracle. All rights reserved.

Connected to:
Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.1.0.2.0 - Production With the Partitioning, OLAP and Data Mining options

SQL> select count(*) from t1;

  COUNT(*)

         0

SQL> show auto
autocommit OFF
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