What is Revdb_commit() for anyway?

[Jan Schenkel]

--- Bob Sneidar <bobs at twft.com> wrote:
> Hi all.
> 
> I have always been a bit confused at this. So far as
> I can tell, I  
> cannot get data back INTO a cursor, I can only read
> data FROM the  
> cursor. In order to write data back to the database,
> I have to execute  
> an SQL query. So what is Revdb_commit() for? Commit
> what? I just wrote  
> the data directly to the SQL database in a query
> didn't I?
> 
> Or am I mistaken about the ability to write data
> back to a cursor?
> 
> Bob Sneidar
> 

The revdb_commit function isn't meant for committing
changes to cursors - revdb cursors are by default
read-only; though I think if used with Valentina
Server and the VXCMD you can have read-write cursors,
but I digress.

It is meant for committing transactions. Depending on
the database, all the INSERT, UPDATE and DELETE
statements are each seen as a separate transaction, or
will be considered one giant transaction until you
effectively call revdb_commit or revdb_rollback.

Jan Schenkel.

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