setAutoCommit - URGENT.....

[PNS Subramanian]

When we make use of container managed transaction - can setAutoCommit() be used from with in the application or is it the task of the container to take care of it ?
The following is the extract of xml file
<assembly-descriptor>
<container-transaction>
<method>
<ejb-name>abcd</ejb-name>
<method-intf>Remote</method-intf>
<method-name>*</method-name>
</method>
<trans-attribute>Supports</trans-attribute>
</container-transaction>
</assembly-descriptor>

[PNS Subramanian]

To add to the above, what if methods such as setAutoCommit are prohibited by J2EE spec. for container managed transaction,wont the server respond by throwing an error ?

[Ade Barkah]

You may NOT call setAutoCommit() with container managed transaction. You do need to use an appropriate (transaction-aware) data source, ie. one that defaults to autoCommit == false.

-Ade Barkah

[PNS Subramanian]

Just to add on - agree to what has been said - setAutoCommit cannot be used with Container managed transaction as per J2EE spec. In that case how come a J2EE certified server, BEA 8.1, doesnt throw any exception /error when the transaction setting in the bean was container managed and the application was using setAutoCommit - the application has been working absolutely fine for more than a year.
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