sqlipStartTransaction
- Last Updated: May 12, 2026
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- OpenAccess SDK
- Version 8.1
- Documentation
This connection-level method starts a new transaction on the specified connection in response to a request for an explicit start transaction by the client. This method is not called for an implied transaction that is always open on a connection after a connection is opened or after a commit on a top-level transaction. The IP must insure that a transaction is always active on a connection.
If nested transactions are supported, then this method will be called when the client has made a start transaction API call. If you don’t want to support nested transactions, then return a OADS_ERROR when this method is called. When COMMIT is called, you must commit on the current nested level and set the current transaction to the previous level. If a COMMIT is called for the top level transaction, then you must commit and then start a new high-level transaction, because a call to sqlip_start_transaction will not be made.
If you do not want to support transactions, always return OADS_SUCCESS.
int sqlipStartTransaction(
`int iExplicitFlag,
String pCmdArgs);
Parameters for sqlipStartTransaction
| Parameter | Type | Description |
| INPUT | ||
| iExplicitFlag | int | For future use – always set to 1 in this version. |
| pCmdArgs | String | Isolation level for this transaction - ’%d’ where d is an integer value corresponding to the isolation level as defined in the ipdef.h file. |
| RETURN | ||
| int | OADS_SUCCESS OADS_ERROR |