PeopleCode - commit/rollback subprogram without committing or rolling back the data in the main program

Question

Hi,
Is there a way in PeopleSoft/PeopleCode to do some database transactions in a subprogram (peoplecode function or method in Application Package) and commit that transaction without committing the things that are happening in the main program?
you can compare it with a "autonomous_transaction" ( http://docs.oracle.com/cd/B19306_01/appdev.102/b14261/autonotransaction_pragma.htm ) / ( http://oracle-base.com/articles/misc/autonomous-transactions.php )
or with what is happening in the database when using "GetNextNumberWithGapsCommit"
or what happens when you turn on the logging in PeopleTools > Integration Broker > Integration Setup > Routingyou put a button on a page and write some PeopleCode on the FieldChange
you first do a update statement with sqlexec
you call the webservice (data is inserted in the PSIBLOGDATA and PSIBLOGINFO and committed)
you generate a "Error" in PeopleCode
=> result: the update from the sqlexec is not committed, but the logging data (PSIBLOGDATA and PSIBLOGINFO) IS committed
Kind regards, Bart

Answer 1

Hi,
Please take a look at the javadoc for the following BC4J API:
ApplicationModule.passivateStateForUndo(String, byte[], int)
ApplicationModule.activateStateForUndo(String, int)
These APIs may not however be used to manage a DB savepoint -- they assume that all state is managed by the BC4J transaction.
Hope this helps,
JR