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    Urgent: database is becoming inconsistent due to data service failure

    I have one webservice in which i have done connection with oracle database

    now suppose my webservice crashes due to power failure..it had submitted
    some transactions say update on database;

    now database is intact but my webservice failed..so locks are remaining on the database

    now i create a new webservice, for recovering database. i am losing my previous long transaction (still not committed) because of power failure.

    when transaction is executing if we do "alter system log switch", checkpoints
    are taken..buffers are writted to disk..can these help me when after failure i am starting a new recovery service- My intension is i dont want to submit
    whole transaction again...thru checkpoints i want to recovery transactions effect which i had submitted through my webservice(beacuse executing long
    transaction from scratch takes too much time)..can checkpoint facility(inbuilt in oracle) help me solve this?

    How?


    thnx

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    I don’t want to be harsh, but you really need to review your manuals about Oracle database concepts and architecture.
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    Well, I support Ray.
    The idea of transaction is to either succeed or fail as a whole module. Recovery a part of transaction is not an option
    If you think that you loose too much info in case of failure, I would suggest to think about breakong the transaction into several smaller ones

    Regards

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    I'm in full agreement with reydp and Bore.

    Original poster might have also to review application design/architecture, web based apps usually process very small transactions.

    Tip for the Oracle side research: review and understand COMMIT/ROLLBACK concept.
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    I'd like to point out that the topic title is incorrect -- the database is still consistent (ie entire transaction committed or rolled back).

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    That's why they are called transactions, you can either commit it or rollback it... nothing in between which, is what original poster appears is trying to achieve.
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    when transaction is executing if we do "alter system log switch", checkpoints
    are taken..buffers are writted to disk..can these help me when after failure i am starting a new recovery service- My intension is i dont want to submit
    whole transaction again...thru checkpoints i want to recovery transactions effect which i had submitted through my webservice(beacuse executing long
    transaction from scratch takes too much time)..can checkpoint facility(inbuilt in oracle) help me solve this?
    Checkpoint will not help you to solve the problem. The transaction recovery is done automatically by oracle.
    Either your transaction is fully committed or rolledback. There is no stage inbetween them.

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