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"Michael Austin" <maustin_at_firstdbasource.com> wrote in message
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> So which is correct? HJR says that "transactions" don't survice only
> the select statements. Howard, isn't a select statement ALWAYS a part of
> a transaction? Daniel, just curious, but have you tested the durability
> and survivability of "transactions" and what were those finding?
> Example: Bank transaction moving $$$ from one account to another... and
> yanking the power cord in the middle etc...
Insert/Update/Delete do not qualify for TAF. (in 9i anyway and I would imagine 10g). Select does. Your example involves modifying data and would not survive. A report on the balances probably would.
-- Niall Litchfield Oracle DBA http://www.niall.litchfield.dial.pipex.comReceived on Fri Jun 18 2004 - 14:33:09 CDT