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<h1 class="topictitle1">XA transaction support for commitment control</h1>
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<div><p>DB2
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Universal Database™ (UDB) for iSeries™ can participate in X/Open global
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transactions. </p>
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<p> The Open Group has defined an industry-standard model
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for transactional work that allows changes made against unrelated resources
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to be part of a single global transaction. An example of this is changes to
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databases that are provided by two separate vendors. This model is called
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the <em>X/Open Distributed Transaction Processing</em> model.</p>
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<p>The following publications describe the X/Open Distributed Transaction
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Processing model in detail:</p>
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<ul><li><em>X/Open Guide</em>, February 1996, "Distributed Transaction Processing:
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Reference Model, Version 3" (ISBN:1-85912-170-5, G504), The Open Group.</li>
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<li><em>X/Open CAE Specification</em>, December 1991, "Distributed Transaction
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Processing: The XA Specification" (ISBN:1-872630-24-3, C193 or XO/CAE/91/300),
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The Open Group.</li>
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<li><em>X/Open CAE Specification</em>, April 1995, "Distributed Transaction
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Processing: The TX (Transaction Demarcation) Specification" (ISBN:1-85912-094-6,
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C504), The Open Group.</li>
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</ul>
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<p>Be familiar with the information in these books, particularly the XA Specification,
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before attempting to use the XA transaction support provided by DB2<sup>®</sup> UDB for iSeries.
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You can find these books at the Open Group Web site.</p>
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<p>There are five components to the DTP model:</p>
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<dl><dt class="dlterm">Application Program (AP)</dt>
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<dd>It implements the required function of the user by specifying a sequence
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of operations that involves resources such as databases. It defines the start
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and end of global transactions, accesses resources within transaction boundaries,
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and normally makes the decision whether to commit or roll back each transaction.</dd>
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<dt class="dlterm">Transaction Manager (TM)</dt>
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<dd>It manages global transactions and coordinates the decision to start them
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and commit them, or roll them back in order to ensure atomic transaction completion.
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The TM also coordinates recovery activities with the RMs after a component
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fails.</dd>
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<dt class="dlterm">Resource Manager (RM)</dt>
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<dd>It manages a defined part of the computer's shared resources, such as
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a database management system. The AP uses interfaces defined by each RM to
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perform transactional work. The TM uses interfaces provided by the RM to carry
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out transaction completion.</dd>
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<dt class="dlterm">Communications Resource Manager (CRM)</dt>
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<dd>It allows an instance of the model to access another instance either inside
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or outside the current TM domain. CRMs are outside the scope of DB2 UDB for iSeries and
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are not discussed here.</dd>
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<dt class="dlterm">Communication Protocol</dt>
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<dd>The protocols used by CRMs to communicate with each other. This is outside
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the scope of DB2 UDB
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for iSeries and
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is not discussed here.</dd>
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</dl>
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<p>The XA Specification is the part of the DTP model that describes a set
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of interfaces that is used by the TM and RM components of the DTP model. DB2 UDB
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for iSeries implements
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these interfaces as a set of UNIX<sup>®</sup> platform-style APIs and exit programs.
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See <a href="../apis/unix12.htm">XA APIs</a> for detailed
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documentation of these APIs and for more information about how to use DB2 UDB
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for iSeries as
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an RM.</p>
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<div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">iSeries Navigator
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and XA transactions</h4><p>iSeries Navigator supports the management
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of XA transactions as <dfn class="term">Global Transactions</dfn>.</p>
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<p>A Global Transaction
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might contain changes both outside and within DB2 UDB for iSeries. A global transaction is coordinated
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by an external Transaction Manager using the Open Group XA architecture, or
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another similar architecture. An application commits or rolls back a global
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transaction using interfaces provided by the Transaction Manager. The Transaction
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Manager uses commit protocols defined by the XA architecture, or another architecture,
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to complete the transaction. DB2 UDB for iSeries acts as an XA Resource Manager
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when participating in a global transaction. There are two types of global
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transactions:</p>
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<ul><li><span class="uicontrol">Transaction-scoped locks:</span> Locks acquired on behalf
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of the transaction are scoped to the transaction. The transaction can move
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from one job or thread to another.</li>
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<li><span class="uicontrol">Job-scoped locks:</span> Locks acquired on behalf of the
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transaction are scoped to the job. The transaction cannot move from the job
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that started it.</li>
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</ul>
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</div>
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<div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Considerations for XA transactions</h4><p><img src="./delta.gif" alt="Start of change" />The
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XA APIs for transaction-scoped locks are recommended for new users of the
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XA transaction support. The XA APIs for job-scoped locks will continue to
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be supported, but no longer have any advantages over the XA APIs for transaction-scoped
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locks. The XA APIs for transaction-scoped locks have fewer restrictions and
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better performance in the following situations:<img src="./deltaend.gif" alt="End of change" /></p>
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<ul><li>If multiple SQL connections are ever used to work on a single XA transaction
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branch.</li>
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<li>If a single SQL connection is used to work on multiple, concurrent XA
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transaction branches.</li>
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</ul>
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<p>In these situations, a separate job must be started to run XA transaction
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branches when you use the XA APIs for Job Scoped Locks.</p>
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<p>Understand the
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following considerations and restrictions before using DB2 UDB for iSeries as a RM. The term <dfn class="term">thread</dfn> refers
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to either a job that is not thread capable, or a single thread within a thread
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capable job.</p>
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<p>The following considerations apply to both transactions
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with transaction-scoped locks and transactions with job-scoped locks unless
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noted otherwise.</p>
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</div>
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<div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">DB2 UDB
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for iSeries considerations</h4><ul><li><img src="./delta.gif" alt="Start of change" />XA transactions against a local database must be performed
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in jobs that are running in SQL server mode, which means that applications
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are limited to SQL interfaces when making changes to DB2 UDB for iSeries during an XA transaction. For
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such transactions, if the <a href="../apis/dxatlopn.htm">xa_open()</a> or
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db2xa_open() API is used in a job that is not already running in SQL server
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mode, SQL server mode is implicitly started. <img src="./deltaend.gif" alt="End of change" /></li>
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<li> XA transactions against a remote database are required to use SQL server
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mode when you use the XA APIs for job-scoped locks. However, server mode is
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optional for XA transactions against a remote database when you use the XA
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APIs for transaction-scoped locks. Furthermore, changes to DDM files using
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traditional i5/OS™ database
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access methods are allowed within XA transactions against a remote database
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when SQL server mode is not used.</li>
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<li>Any errors that are detected by DB2 UDB for iSeries during the XA API invocations
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are reported through return codes by the XA specification. Diagnostic messages
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are left in the job log when the meaning of the error can not be clear from
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the return code alone.</li>
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</ul>
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<div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Embedded SQL considerations</h4><ul><li><img src="./delta.gif" alt="Start of change" />In order to use a Structured Query Language (SQL) connection
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for XA transactions, you must use the xa_open() or db2xa_open() application
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programming interface (API) before the SQL connection is made. The relational
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database that will be connected to must be passed to the xa_open() or db2xa_open()
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API by the xainfo parameter. The user profile and password to be used in the
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job that the connection is routed to might be passed to the xa_open() or db2xa_open()
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API. If it is not passed, the profile uses the one that was specified or used
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as the default during the connection attempt.<div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:</span> <img src="./delta.gif" alt="Start of change" /> The following
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consideration applies only to transactions with job-scoped locks.<img src="./deltaend.gif" alt="End of change" /></div>
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<img src="./deltaend.gif" alt="End of change" /></li>
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<li>If embedded SQL is used to perform XA transactions, the work performed
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for each connection is routed to a different job, even if the connections
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are made in the same thread. This is different than SQL server mode without
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XA, where work performed for all connections in a single thread is routed
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to the same job. This is because the XA specification requires a separate
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prepare, commit or rollback call for each resource manager instance.<div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:</span> The
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following consideration applies only to transactions with job-scoped locks.</div>
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</li>
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<li>If embedded SQL is used to perform XA transactions, only one connection
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per relational database can be made per thread. Whenever the thread is not
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actively associated with a transaction branch, work requested over one of
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the thread's connections will cause the RM to use the TM's ax_reg() exit program
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to determine whether the work is to start, resume or join a transaction branch. <p>If
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the work is to start a transaction branch, it is performed over that thread's
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connection to the corresponding relational database.</p>
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<p>If the work is
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to join a transaction branch, it is rerouted over the connection to the corresponding
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relational database that was made in the thread that started the transaction
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branch. Note that the system does not enforce that the user profile for that
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connection is the same as the one for the connection of the joining thread.
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The TM is responsible to ensure that this is not a security concern. Typical
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TMs use the same user profile for all connections. This user profile is authorized
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to all data that is managed by the TM. Further security of access to this
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data is managed by the TM or AP instead of using the standard iSeries security
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techniques.</p>
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<div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:</span> <img src="./delta.gif" alt="Start of change" /> The following consideration applies only
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to transactions with job-scoped locks.<img src="./deltaend.gif" alt="End of change" /></div>
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</li>
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<li>If the work is to resume a transaction branch, the connection that is
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used depends on whether the suspended transaction branch association was established
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by starting or joining the transaction branch. <p>Subsequent work is performed
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over the same connection until the db2xa_end() API is used to suspend or end
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the thread's association with that transaction branch.</p>
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</li>
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</ul>
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</div>
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<div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">CLI considerations</h4><ul><li>If the CLI is used to perform XA transactions, more than one connection
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might be made in the same thread after the db2xa_open() API is used. The connections
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can be used in other threads to perform XA transactions, as long as those
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other threads first use the db2xa_open() API with the same xainfo parameter
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value.<div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:</span> The following consideration applies only to transactions with
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job-scoped locks.</div>
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</li>
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<li>If the CLI is used to perform XA transactions, the connection that is
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used to start a transaction branch must be used for all work on that transaction
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branch. If another thread is to join the transaction branch, the connection
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handle for the connection used to start the transaction branch must be passed
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to the joining thread so that it can perform work over that same connection.
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Likewise, if a thread is to resume the transaction branch, the same connection
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must be used. <p>Because CLI connection handles cannot be used in a different
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job, the join function is limited to threads running in the same job that
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started the transaction branch when the CLI is used.</p>
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</li>
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</ul>
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</div>
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<div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Remote relational database considerations</h4><div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:</span> These
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considerations for a remote relational database apply only to transactions
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with job-scoped locks.</div>
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<ul><li>XA connections to a remote relational database are supported only if the
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relational database resides on a system that supports Distributed Unit of
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Work (DUW) DRDA<sup>®</sup> connections.
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This includes iSeries systems
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that run DRDA over
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SNA LU6.2 conversations, or that use V5R1 or later when running DRDA using TCP/IP
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connections. This also includes non-iSeries systems that support DRDA over SNA
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LU6.2 or that support the XA protocol using DRDA over TCP/IP</li>
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<li>Before using the XA join function, the db2xa_open() API must be used in
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the joining thread. The same relational database name and RMID must be specified
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on the db2xa_open() API in both the thread that started the transaction branch
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and the joining thread. If the transaction branch is active when a join is
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attempted, the joining thread is blocked. The joining thread remains blocked
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until the active thread suspends or ends its association with the transaction
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branch.</li>
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</ul>
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</div>
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<div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Recovery consideration</h4><ul><li>The manual heuristic commit and rollback support that is provided for
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all commitment definitions can be used if it becomes necessary to force a
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transaction branch to commit or roll back while it is in a prepared state.</li>
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</ul>
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</div>
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<div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Transaction branch considerations</h4><ul><li>Information about XA transaction branches is shown as part of the commitment
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control information displayed by iSeries Navigator and the Work with Job
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(WRKJOB), Display Job (DSPJOB), and Work with Commitment Definition (WRKCMTDFN)
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commands. The TM name, transaction branch state, transaction identifier and
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branch qualifier are all shown. The commitment definitions related to all
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currently active XA transactions can be displayed by using the command <samp class="codeph">WRKCMTDFN
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JOB(*ALL) STATUS(*XOPEN)</samp> or by displaying the <span class="uicontrol">Global Transactions</span> in iSeries Navigator.<div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:</span> The
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following item applies only to transactions with job-scoped locks.</div>
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</li>
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<li>If an association between a thread and an existing transaction branch
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is suspended or ended using the db2xa_end() API, the thread might start a
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new transaction branch. If the connection used to start the new transaction
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branch was used earlier to start a different transaction branch and the thread's
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association with that transaction branch has been ended or suspended by the
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db2xa_end() API, a new SQL server job might be started. A new SQL server job
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is needed only if the first transaction branch has not yet been completed
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by the db2xa_commit() or db2xa_rollback() API. In this case, another completion
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message SQL7908 is sent to the job log identifying the new SQL server job,
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just as the connection's original SQL server job was identified when the connection
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was established. All SQL requests for the new transaction branch are routed
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to the new SQL server job. When the transaction branch is completed by the
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db2xa_commit() or db2xa_rollback() API, the new SQL server job is recycled
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and returned to the prestart job pool.</li>
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<li><img src="./delta.gif" alt="Start of change" />A transaction branch is marked <tt>Rollback Only</tt> in
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the following situations only for the XA transactions for job-scoped locks: <ul><li>A thread ends when it is still associated with the transaction branch.
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This includes a thread ending as the result of process termination.</li>
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<li>The system fails.</li>
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</ul>
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<img src="./deltaend.gif" alt="End of change" /></li>
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<li><img src="./delta.gif" alt="Start of change" />With XA transactions for transaction-scoped locks, a transaction
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branch is rolled back by the system if any threads are still associated with
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it when any of the following situations occur: <ul><li>The connection that is related to the transaction branch is ended.</li>
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<li>The job that started the transaction branch is ended.</li>
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<li>The system fails. </li>
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</ul>
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<div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:</span> <img src="./delta.gif" alt="Start of change" />The following consideration applies only to transactions
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with job-scoped locks.<img src="./deltaend.gif" alt="End of change" /></div>
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<img src="./deltaend.gif" alt="End of change" /></li>
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<li>There is one situation where a transaction branch will be rolled back
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by the system, regardless of whether there are still associated threads. This
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occurs when the SQL server job that the connection's work is being routed
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to is ended. This can only happen when the End Job (ENDJOB) CL command is
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used against that job.</li>
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<li>A transaction branch is not affected if no threads have an active association
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with it when any of the following situations occur. The TM can commit or roll
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back the transaction branch from any thread that has used the xa_open() or
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db2xa_open() API with the same xainfo parameter value that was specified in
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the thread that started the transaction branch. <ul><li>The connection that is related to the transaction branch is ended.</li>
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<li>A thread or job that performed work for the transaction branch uses the
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xa_close() or db2xa_close() API.</li>
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<li>The system fails. In this case, the transaction branch is not affected
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only if it is in prepared state. If it is in idle state, the system rolls
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it back.</li>
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</ul>
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</li>
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<li><img src="./delta.gif" alt="Start of change" />When the transaction identifier (XID) of two XA transaction
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branches have the same global transaction identifier (GTRID), but different
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branch qualifiers (BQUALs), they are said to be <dfn class="term">loosely coupled</dfn>.
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By default, loosely coupled transaction branches do not share locks. However,
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when using the XA APIs for transaction-scoped locks, there is an option that
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allows loosely coupled transactions to share locks.<img src="./deltaend.gif" alt="End of change" /></li>
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</ul>
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<div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="rzakjconcepts.htm" title="This topic provides information to help you understand how commitment control works, how it interacts with your system, and how it interacts with other systems in your network.">Commitment control concepts</a></div>
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<div class="relconcepts"><strong>Related concepts</strong><br />
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<div><a href="rzakjconsidxa.htm" title="In the XA environment, each database is considered a separate resource manager. When a transaction manager wants to access two databases under the same transaction, it must use the XA protocols to perform two-phase commit with the two resource managers.">Considerations for XA transactions</a></div>
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<div><a href="http://www.opengroup.org" target="_blank">Open Group Web site</a></div>
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<div><a href="rzakjthreadscoped.htm" title="Commitment definitions with job-scoped locks are normally scoped to an activation group.">SQL server mode and thread-scoped transactions for commitment control</a></div>
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<div><a href="rzakjheuristic.htm" title="You can find when and how to force a rollback or commit, and when to cancel resynchronization in this topic.">When to force commits and rollbacks and when to cancel resynchronization</a></div>
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