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When you are using Berkeley DB for XA transactions, there are a few
restrictions you should be aware of:
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Configure environment using the <a href="../api_reference/C/configuration_reference.html" class="olink">DB_CONFIG</a> file
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For most options, you must configure your environment via
the <a href="../api_reference/C/configuration_reference.html" class="olink">DB_CONFIG</a> file because an XA application or server cannot
control the environment creation.
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Snapshot isolation must be configured for the entire
environment.
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Transactions managed by the Berkeley DB X/open compliant XA
resource manager can be configured for transaction
snapshots using either database open flags or the <a href="../api_reference/C/configuration_reference.html" class="olink">DB_CONFIG</a> file
file. To configure using database open flags, open the XA
managed database with the flag <a href="../api_reference/C/dbopen.html#dbopen_DB_MULTIVERSION" class="olink">DB_MULTIVERSION</a>. When using
DB_CONFIG, include both of the following lines:
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<pre class="programlisting">set_flags DB_MULTIVERSION
set_flags DB_TXN_SNAPSHOT</pre>
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Note that both methods will results in all transactions
using transaction snapshots, there is no way to enable
transaction snapshots in just a subset of XA managed
transactions.
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<p>No in-memory logging</p>
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Upon return from xa_open, Berkeley DB checks to ensure
there is no in-memory logging. If in-memory logging is
detected, a FAILURE message is returned to the application.
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No application-level child transactions
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Berkeley DB verifies in the xa_start and xa_end calls that no
XA transaction has a parent. If application-level child
transactions are detected, a FAILURE message is returned to the
application.
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All database-level operations, such as create, rename, and
remove, must be performed in local BDB transactions, not
distributed XA transactions
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Berkeley DB checks that there is no XA transaction
currently active during these operations, and if detected,
a FAILURE message is returned to the application.
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Close cursors before a service invocation returns
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Berkeley DB checks in the <code class="literal">xa_end</code> call
that the <code class="literal">DB_TXN</code> has no active cursors
open and and if detected, a FAILURE message is returned to
the application.
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