This is an example of how to use a single connection with multiple transactions.
import java.sql.*; import javax.sql.*; import java.util.*; import javax.transaction.*; import javax.transaction.xa.*; import com.ibm.db2.jdbc.app.*; public class JTAMultiTx { public static void main(java.lang.String[] args) { JTAMultiTx test = new JTAMultiTx(); test.setup(); test.run(); } /** * Handle the previous cleanup run so that this test can recommence. */ public void setup() { Connection c = null; Statement s = null; try { Class.forName("com.ibm.db2.jdbc.app.DB2Driver"); c = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:db2:*local"); s = c.createStatement(); try { s.executeUpdate("DROP TABLE CUJOSQL.JTATABLE"); } catch (SQLException e) { // Ignore... does not exist } s.executeUpdate("CREATE TABLE CUJOSQL.JTATABLE (COL1 CHAR (50))"); s.close(); } finally { if (c != null) { c.close(); } } } /** * This test uses JTA support to handle transactions. */ public void run() { Connection c = null; try { Context ctx = new InitialContext(); // Assume the data source is backed by a UDBXADataSource. UDBXADataSource ds = (UDBXADataSource) ctx.lookup("XADataSource"); // From the DataSource, obtain an XAConnection object that // contains an XAResource and a Connection object. XAConnection xaConn = ds.getXAConnection(); XAResource xaRes = xaConn.getXAResource(); Connection c = xaConn.getConnection(); Statement stmt = c.createStatement(); // For XA transactions, a transaction identifier is required. // This is not meant to imply that all the XIDs are the same. // Each XID must be unique to distinguish the various transactions // that occur. // Support for creating XIDs is again left to the application // program. Xid xid1 = JDXATest.xidFactory(); Xid xid2 = JDXATest.xidFactory(); Xid xid3 = JDXATest.xidFactory(); // Do work under three transactions for this connection. xaRes.start(xid1, XAResource.TMNOFLAGS); int count1 = stmt.executeUpdate("INSERT INTO CUJOSQL.JTATABLE VALUES('Value 1-A')"); xaRes.end(xid1, XAResource.TMNOFLAGS); xaRes.start(xid2, XAResource.TMNOFLAGS); int count2 = stmt.executeUpdate("INSERT INTO CUJOSQL.JTATABLE VALUES('Value 1-B')"); xaRes.end(xid2, XAResource.TMNOFLAGS); xaRes.start(xid3, XAResource.TMNOFLAGS); int count3 = stmt.executeUpdate("INSERT INTO CUJOSQL.JTATABLE VALUES('Value 1-C')"); xaRes.end(xid3, XAResource.TMNOFLAGS); // Prepare all the transactions int rc1 = xaRes.prepare(xid1); int rc2 = xaRes.prepare(xid2); int rc3 = xaRes.prepare(xid3); // Two of the transactions commit and one rolls back. // The attempt to insert the second value into the table is // not committed. xaRes.commit(xid1, false); xaRes.rollback(xid2); xaRes.commit(xid3, false); } catch (Exception e) { System.out.println("Something has gone wrong."); e.printStackTrace(); } finally { try { if (c != null) c.close(); } catch (SQLException e) { System.out.println("Note: Cleaup exception."); e.printStackTrace(); } } } }