Zeugswetter Andreas SEV wrote:
>
> > > RDBMS. Oracle issues
> > > an implicit COMMIT whenever a DDL statement is found.
> >
> > And I agreed with this.
>
> And I strongly disagree.
> This sounds like pushing the flush button in the toilet,
> and instead of the toilet flushing you get a shower.
>
> How could anybody come to the idea that a DDL statement
> also does a commit work if inside a transaction ?
>
> Now this sound so absurd, that I even doubt Oracle would do this.
Standard says (4.41 SQL-transactions):
It is implementation-defined whether or not the non-dynamic or dynamic execution of an SQL-data
statementor the execution of ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ an <SQL dynamic data statement>
ispermitted to occur within the ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ same
SQL-transactionas the non-dynamic or dynamic execution of ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ an SQL-schema
statement.If it does occur, then the effect on any ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
So, you see that this idea came not to Oracle only...
I don't object against DDLs inside BEGIN/END.
I just mean that it's not required by standard.
If someone is ready to fix this area - welcome.
Vadim
P.S. Is DROP TABLE rollback-able in Informix, Andreas?
