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Re: How to prevent oracle from committing a transaction?

From: Jim Hawkins <jhawkins_at_primary.net>
Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2001 06:51:34 -0700
Message-ID: <F001.0031BE5B.20010605061131@fatcity.com>

Keep in mind that if at any point you issue any DDL command, a commit is automatically performed. For example, if you open a SQL*Plus session, insert a few records, then do an "alter table ...", those records will be committed.

Just a thought...

Jim

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> Dear DBA Gurus,
>
> Can you tell me how to prevent oracle from committing a transaction
unless
> I explicitly commit it. I have observed that when I insert a record into
a
> table and type exit from the sql prompt without commiting the transaction
> and again open a new sqlplus session and select from that particular table
> the record is inserted. How do I prevent oracle from inserting into a
table
> unless I explicitly specify commit? Please note that I have set my
sqlplus
> session as autocommit off. I tried with alter table <tablename> nologging
> but it didn't do what I wanted. Can anybody help me in this regard?
>
> TIA and Regards,
>
> Ranganath
>
>
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