Re: Help: TRANSACTION log and update
Posted in 1996
I suspect transaction logging needs to be enabled on both databases when
carrying out transaction on a remote database that has logging enabled.
yanyan@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (Yanyan Xing) wrote:
>
>CASE: INFORMIX 5 database on SCO unix, database without transaction log
> I login server-1, from dbaccess trying to update a table on server-2
> and get error "668: system command cannot be executed. 255: not in
> transaction."
>My SQL statement:
> UPDATE test@star0:assign set as_fname="Terry" WHERE as_ssnum="009999999"
>
>Question: This works if I directly logon server-2. But update from another
> server, it requires transaction log to be turned on.
>
> Is this what transaction log means to keep data integrity in a
> network environment?
>
>Thanks for help!
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