Using transactions

By default, any change you make to the database using ADO is committed as soon as it is executed. This includes explicit updates, as well as the UpdateBatch method on a Recordset. However, the previous section illustrated that you can use the BeginTrans and RollbackTrans or CommitTrans methods on the Connection object to use transactions.

The transaction isolation level is set as a property of the Connection object. The IsolationLevel property can take on one of the following values:

ADO isolation level Constant SQL Anywhere level
Unspecified adXactUnspecified Not applicable. Set to 0
Chaos adXactChaos Unsupported. Set to 0
Browse adXactBrowse 0
Read uncommitted adXactReadUncommitted 0
Cursor stability adXactCursorStability 1
Read committed adXactReadCommitted 1
Repeatable read adXactRepeatableRead 2
Isolated adXactIsolated 3
Serializable adXactSerializable 3
Snapshot 2097152 4
Statement snapshot 4194304 5
Readonly statement snapshot 8388608 6

For more information about isolation levels, see Isolation levels and consistency.