RE: sql*plus autocommit and exit

That's not what autocommit does.  You can set autocommit n to some value and it 
will commit after each 200 transactions. If you don't enter a value it will 
commit after each transaction.  Doesn't have anything to do with commit before 
logout.   It looks like what is happening is an implicit commit because you 
logged off.  
 
See item 3 below: 
Oracle9i Database Concepts
Release 2 (9.2)

A transaction ends when any of the following occurs: 

*       You issue a COMMIT or ROLLBACK (without a SAVEPOINT clause) statement. 

*       You execute a DDL statement (such as CREATE, DROP, RENAME, ALTER). If 
the current transaction contains any DML statements, Oracle first commits the 
transaction, and then executes and commits the DDL statement as a new, single 
statement transaction. 

*       A user disconnects from Oracle. (The current transaction is committed.) 

*       A user process terminates abnormally. (The current transaction is 
rolled back.) 

 

Don Freeman 
Database Administrator 1 
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Pennsylvania Department of Health 
717-783-8095 Ext 337 

-----Original Message-----
From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On 
Behalf Of Sami Seerangan
Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 2:33 PM
To: oracle-l
Subject: sql*plus autocommit and exit


Hi:

I have a autocommit value set to OFF however when I exit from SQL*Plus it 
commits the transaction.
Is it a expected behavior?

SQL> show auto
autocommit OFF

SQL> delete from t1;
48601 rows deleted.

SQL> exit
Disconnected from Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.1.0.2.0 - 
Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP and Data Mining options
C:\Documents and Settings\s397131\Desktop>sqlplus sami/sami
SQL*Plus: Release 10.1.0.2.0 - Production on Mon Aug 15 14:29:05 2005
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Connected to:
Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.1.0.2.0 - Production
With the Partitioning, OLAP and Data Mining options

SQL> select count(*) from t1;

  COUNT(*)
----------
         0

SQL> show auto
autocommit OFF
SQL>

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