Re: HELP: Status of transaction in ESQL/C Onlin

In article 2547@clsib21.clsi.us.geac.com, jpt@clsib21.clsi.us.geac.com (Jean-Pierre Trevisani) writes: > > We use Informix ESQL/C Online 4.1 with straight C on Unix. > > Let's assume that in the middle of the application we do a BEGIN WORK > followed by a couple of DELETE's and INSERT's. The program gets a signal > before a COMMIT WORK or ROLLBACK WORK can be executed. The code must at > this point exit. > > Here's the question: > How can I find out whether I am in the middle of a transaction? > > Is there a function that would return some type of status that would tell > the code that there are pending modifications? > > Replies to the group or by email are fine. > Thanks, > > JP Why don't you do a commit/rollback work in your signal handler and just ignore the error, because commit/rollback work statements will give an error if you have not done a begon work before. Shyam