Hi Aleksey

>What you are missing is the fact that after you execute SQLSETPROP(con,"Transactions",2), the server will automatically switch to implicit transaction as soon as you try to execute any command that is supposed to be tracked by a transaction.

Sorry, again, but I am not missing anything. What you say is true, but only for SQL Server. As I tried to p[oint out it is not true for servers that do not support Implicit Transactions in the way that SQL Server does.

The statement that you made that

SQLSETPROP( [con], 'Transactions', 2) is equivalent to 'BEGIN TRANSACTION'

is simply wrong, because, as you point out, even forcing implicit mode does not actually start a transaction. If you do the following you will NOT have a transaction on the back end, even in SQL Server.

SQLSETPROP( [con], 'Transactions', 2)
SQLEXEC( [con], "SET implicit_transactions OFF" )
SQLEXEC( [con], "INSERT INTO [table]....." )

However, the following WILL give you a transaction even in SQL Server

SQLSETPROP( [con], 'Transactions', 2)
SQLEXEC( [con], "SET implicit_transactions OFF" )
SQLEXEC( [con], "BEGIN TRANSACTION" )
SQLEXEC( [con], "INSERT INTO [table]....." )

I do understand what you mean, I am merely trying to the qualify the blanket statement that you made (i.e. nit-picking :)