<Connection variable>.TransactionCancel (Function)

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Location and access to data files
Detecting an error
Tip: Restoring the database consistency
Error cases
Transactions and independent HFSQL context
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<Connection variable>.TransactionCancel (Function)

In french: <Variable Connexion>.TransactionAnnule

Not available with this kind of connection

If a transaction is in progress, cancels all the operations performed on the data files in transaction since the start of transaction. In this case, the transaction is canceled without interrupting the program execution.

If no transaction is in progress, restores the consistency of the database and cancels the unsuccessful transaction (power failure for example).
Remark: A transaction that failed can be canceled by any program.
The transaction file is automatically destroyed if it is not shared. The records locked by the write operations performed during the transaction are unlocked.

The management of transactions is available for HFSQL Client/Server databases.

Example

MyConnection is Connection

// Start transaction on data files associated with MyConnection
MyConnection.TransactionStart()
Add_Order()
WHEN EXCEPTION IN
// Add the order
Order.Add()
// Validate the addition
MyConnection.TransactionEnd()
DO
// Delete the order lines
MyConnection.TransactionCancel()
END

Syntax

Canceling a current transaction or an interrupted transaction on a Client/Server connection Hide the details

<Result> = <Connection>.TransactionCancel()

<Result>: Boolean

True if the transaction was canceled,
False if a problem occurs. HErrorInfo returns more details about the error.
Caution:
If a transaction is in progress on the connection, it is canceled.
If no transaction is in progress, the interrupted transactions are canceled for the specified connection.

<Connection>: Connection variable

Name of the Connection variable that describes the connection to use.

Canceling an interrupted transaction on a Client/Server database (to be used if no transaction is in progress) Hide the details

<Result> = <Connection>.TransactionCancel(<Database>)

<Result>: Boolean

True if the transaction was canceled,
False if a problem occurs. HErrorInfo returns more details about the error.
Caution:
Only the interrupted transactions on the specified database are canceled.
The transactions in progress are not canceled.

<Connection>: Connection variable

Name of the Connection variable that describes the connection to use.

<Database>: Character string

Name of the relevant database. An error occurs if this parameter corresponds to an empty string ("").

Canceling a specific transaction, linked to a connection Hide the details

<Result> = <Connection>.TransactionCancel(<Transaction to cancel>)

<Result>: Boolean

True if the transaction was canceled,
False if a problem occurs. HErrorInfo returns more details about the error.
Caution: Only the interrupted transactions on the specified database are canceled.

<Connection>: Connection variable

Name of the Connection variable that describes the connection to use.

<Transaction to cancel>: Integer

Identifier of transaction that will be canceled for the specified connection. This identifier is returned by <Connection variable>.TransactionList.

Remarks

Location and access to data files

Before calling <Connection variable>.TransactionCancel, the data files handled by the canceled transaction must be:

located (HSubstDir, <Source>.ChangeName, etc.).
accessible (<Source>.Password, etc..).

Detecting an error

When an error is detected by the program (management of errors with WHILE EXCEPTION for example), <Connection variable>.TransactionCancel is used to:

restore the data files in their initial status.
cancel all the operations performed on the data files since the call to <Connection variable>.TransactionStart (or <Connection variable>.Transaction).

Tip: Restoring the database consistency

If a breakdown (power failure, reboot, ...) occurs during a transaction, the data files may become corrupted: the transaction was neither validated, nor canceled. The transaction file is still found on the computer.

To restore the consistency of the database, you should propose in your application:

an option used to maintain the database consistency.
This option can for example call <Connection variable>.TransactionCancel or <Connection variable>.TransactionStart/<Connection variable>.TransactionEnd.
management of error 70034 in the project initialization code via the WHEN EXCEPTION keyword.
Therefore, when the error 70034 occurs, the database consistency will be restored by <Connection variable>.TransactionCancel, or by <Connection variable>.TransactionStart/<Connection variable>.TransactionEnd.

Remark: this operation can be quite long (according to the number of operations performed in transaction).

Error cases

Nesting transactions: Transactions cannot be nested (i.e. <Connection variable>.TransactionStart or <Connection variable>.Transaction cannot be called in a transaction). In this case, error 70031 occurs.
A fatal error is displayed in the following cases:
- A transaction is started on all the connections while there is at least one connection in transaction.
- A transaction is started on a connection while a transaction was already started on all the connections.
- A transaction is started on all the connections while there is at least one connection whose isolation mode is not "Read Uncommitted".

Transactions and independent HFSQL context

When copying a context, if a transaction is in progress on the first context, the new context is not in transaction. You must call <Connection variable>.TransactionStart (or <Connection variable>.Transaction) to start a transaction in the new context.

OLE DB and Native Connectors

Only syntaxes with connection are taken into account by the Native Connectors that support transactions. You can also use SQLTransaction.

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