Two annoying bugs and in PSE 7

(PSE7, Windows XP SP3)
THE MOST annoying bug (for me): From time to time, Album pane and Keyword Tags panes become blank. Nothing actually happens to the tags, but the only way to restore the panes, is to restart the program.
I still didn't manage to figure out precisely what triggers it, but I think it has something to do with "Fast User Switching" on XP...
Watched folders are not updated when new files are added with an external program. In my case, I use Canon Photo Professional to process RAW files and create JPGs and TIFFs at the same directory as the original RAW files are stored, which is part of the Catalog. Nothing happens and new files are not detected even if the folder is watched.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
tofslan
Israel

Let me add to this list a number of issues that seem to be widespread with respect to the sync engine:
Sync engine does not recognize existing content on install of PSE7 if it's an upgrade from a previous version.  Changed photos get sync'd, but you have to make a change to everything to get it all picked up by the engine.
Sync stalls regularly.  No indication is given to the user that sync is no longer progressing (double green arrows remain).  However, the sync process stops consuming CPU and stops communicating with API.PHOTOSHOP.COM (both verifyable using resource manager).
Sync is extreemly slow.  The upload times are an order of magnitude longer than my available bandwidth would permit.  This appears to be due to the excessive handshaking necessary for each individual upload (no bulk transfer implemented).
Not necessarily a bug, but the lack of status information about the sync progress is dismal.
Let's hope the PSE7 team is as receptive to user help in troubleshooting as the PS.COM team turned out to be...

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              I've been doing J2EE for quite a while, but today was my first at
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              Why am I doing this?
              ====================
              Well I have to be able to controll the transactionalbehaviour of my
              bean
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              overflow due to the stress they would cause to the system, whereas
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              Thanx for taking your time and hope that the other people may learn
              something as well.
              cu
              Stefan
              Scenario
              ========
              used Software
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              Oracle 8.1.6 using the API-Version 8
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              -->
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              <!-- no comment required -I hope.
              Next comes the "special" Pool
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              the other
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              -->
              <JDBCTxDataSource EnableTwoPhaseCommit="true"
              JNDIName="finstral.datasource.fbssecurity" Name="finstral Security
              Datasource" PoolName="oracleSecurityPool" Targets="fbsserver"/>
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              everything. So I think all of this stuff is working here -->
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                   <enterprise-beans>
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                             <transaction-type>Bean</transaction-type>
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                   </enterprise-beans>
                   <assembly-descriptor/>
              </ejb-jar>
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              requirements. I thought since
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              confused by the 'container-transaction'
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              //Sorry bout the German. You should get the Message though.
              log.info("Der Transaktionsstatus vor den Connections:
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              log.info("Die frische Connection conContent: "+conContent);
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              log.info("Der Transaktionsstatus nach dem Teardown:
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              log.info("Die Transaktion vor dem createtable: "+tx.toString());
              log.info("Der Transaktionsstatus vor dem createtable:
              "+transactionStatus(tx));
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              "+conSecurity);
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              ===========
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              [email protected]
              INFO setupTables() (67) - Der Transaktionsstatus vor den Connections:
              STATUS_NO_TRANSACTION
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              [email protected]
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              [email protected]
              INFO setupTables() (87) - Der Transaktionsstatus vor dem createtable:
              STATUS_NO_TRANSACTION
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                   at weblogic.jdbc.jta.Statement.executeUpdate(Statement.java:185)
                   at
              weblogic.jdbc.rmi.internal.StatementImpl.executeUpdate(StatementImpl.jav
              a:42)
                   at
              weblogic.jdbc.rmi.SerialStatement.executeUpdate(SerialStatement.java:54)
                   at
              de.sitewaerts.futuna.common.test.tpcbean.TPCBean.setupTables(TPCBean.jav
              a:91)
                   at
              de.sitewaerts.futuna.common.test.tpcbean.TPCBeanImpl.setupTables(TPCBean
              Impl.java:130)
                   at
              de.sitewaerts.futuna.common.test.tpcbean.TPCBeanEOImpl.setupTables(TPCBe
              anEOImpl.java:64)
                   at
              de.sitewaerts.futuna.common.test.TwoPhaseCommitUnitTest.setUp(TwoPhaseCo
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                   at
              org.apache.commons.cactus.AbstractTestCase.runBareServerTest(AbstractTes
              tCase.java:297)
                   at
              org.apache.commons.cactus.server.ServletTestCaller.callTestMethod(Servle
              tTestCaller.java:148)
                   at
              org.apache.commons.cactus.server.ServletTestCaller.doTest(ServletTestCal
              ler.java:199)
                   at
              org.apache.commons.cactus.server.ServletTestRedirector.doPost(ServletTes
              tRedirector.java:149)
                   at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:760)
                   at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)
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                   at
              weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext.invokeServlet(WebAppServl
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              INFO rollbackTransaction() (197) - Die Transaktion vor dem Rollback:
              [email protected]
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              java.lang.IllegalStateException: Transaction does not exist
                   at
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                   at
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                   at
              de.sitewaerts.futuna.common.test.tpcbean.TPCBean.rollbackTransaction(TPC
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              de.sitewaerts.futuna.common.test.tpcbean.TPCBeanImpl.setupTables(TPCBean
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              tCase.java:297)
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              tTestCaller.java:148)
                   at
              org.apache.commons.cactus.server.ServletTestCaller.doTest(ServletTestCal
              ler.java:199)
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                   at
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              CONCLUSION
              ==========
              I'm going nuts.
              I just don't get it.
              The transaction is the same. I don't change the Connection. I start
              the Transaction at the beginning before I do anything!
              Please guys help me out.
              Thx alot.
              Stefan "it's three o'clock in the morning, my girlfriend left me, and
              my only friend is that stupid linux pinguine" Siprell
              Software-Development
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              >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
              

    Hi Priscilla
              (did you ever see the movie ? :-))
              Well I moved away from the idea of using bean managed transaction. I'll
              be using Container Managed Transactions. To modify the
              transactionalbehaviour I'll write proxymethods which have certain
              different containermanaged transaction properties, but which all call
              the same private methods.
              But it works! Here is my experience:
              - I was doing a DDL statement: I was trying to create new Tables, which
              is a definite "no-go"
              - pay careful attention to:
              http://edocs.bea.com/wls/docs60/jta/trxejb.html#1051405
                        and
              http://edocs.bea.com/wls/docs60/jta/trxejb.html#1051741
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              hours to find it out by myself:
                   <JDBCConnectionPool CapacityIncrement="5"
              DriverName="weblogic.jdbc.oci.xa.XADataSource" InitialCapacity="1"
              LoginDelaySeconds="1" MaxCapacity="2" Name="oracleSecurityPool"
              Properties="user=xxx; password=xxx; server=xxx.xxx.xxx"
              RefreshMinutes="5" Targets="fbsserver" TestConnectionsOnRelease="true"
              TestTableName="Users" SupportsLocalTransaction="true"/>
              where as the server (shown as: xxx.xxx.xxx) is the TNS Name of the
              Oracle Driver.
              It works great.
              Another thing you guys might want to do is write a simple StatelessSB
              which does JDBC calls and two different database Connections.
              Then write a UnitTest which calls this bean a couple hundred times (with
              the same transaction). Have one test do clean writes, and another which
              causes some SQL-Exception (too long Data Columns, or likewise).
              Always count the entries and see if everything worked out. We're using
              this SetupConstruction to test new combinations of AS(sorry Priscilla) /
              Database / Db-Drivers to have a "standard test".
              I know my two cents were uncalled for, but it might save you some
              time.....
              thanx for your help
              Stefan
              -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
              Von: Priscilla Fung [mailto:[email protected]]
              Bereitgestellt: Donnerstag, 2. August 2001 21:42
              Bereitgestellt in: transaction
              Unterhaltung: Two phase commit and bean managed transactions
              Betreff: Re: Two phase commit and bean managed transactions
              Hi Stefan,
              Looks like you have not actually begun a transaction by calling
              UserTransaction.begin(),
              so your setupTables method is really executing with no transaction
              context.
              Priscilla
              Stefan Siprell <[email protected]> wrote:
              >To all the Transaction GURUS!
              >
              >Hi guys (-and gals).
              >I've been doing J2EE for quite a while, but today was my first at
              >XA-Transactions and Bean Managed Transactions.
              >
              >Why am I doing this?
              >====================
              >Well I have to be able to controll the transactionalbehaviour of my
              >bean
              >during runtime, since some bean calls would cause a transactional
              >overflow due to the stress they would cause to the system, whereas
              >smaller bean calls need to run in one transaction.
              >-> Therefore I need Bean Managed Transactions
              >Since the bean does a call on two Database Connections it has to use
              >a
              >XA-Transaction.
              >-> Therefore I need XA-Transactions.
              >
              >Abstract
              >========
              >- I just can't get a User TransAction into the right Status it stays
              >in 'STATUS_NO_TRANSACTION' all the time
              >- Therefore the SQL Commands can be comitted 'java.sql.SQLException:
              >Does not support SQL execution with no global transaction'
              >- Therefore I can't do a rollback 'java.lang.IllegalStateException:
              >Transaction does not exist'
              >- Therefore I wrote this mail.
              >
              >I don't want to be a smart-"ass" writing such a detailed and indepth
              >mail. I just would like to show that I tried, and would like to have
              >some replies from you guys.
              >
              >Below are my configurations, code and logfiles.
              >
              >Thanx for taking your time and hope that the other people may learn
              >something as well.
              >
              >cu
              >
              >Stefan
              >
              >
              >Scenario
              >========
              >
              >used Software
              >-------------
              >Bea Weblogic (WL) 6.0 SPx (not real sure which SP i have)
              >Oracle 8.1.6 using the API-Version 8
              >
              >
              >I configured the system as follows:
              >(ofcourse I 'xxx'ed out all of the confidential data, sorry guys;-))
              >excerpt from:
              >
              >config.xml
              >----------
              ><JDBCConnectionPool CapacityIncrement="5"
              >DriverName="oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver" InitialCapacity="2"
              >LoginDelaySeconds="1" MaxCapacity="5" Name="oraclePool"
              >Properties="user=xxx;password=xxx;dll=ocijdbc8;protocol=thin"
              >RefreshMinutes="5" Targets="fbsserver" TestConnectionsOnRelease="true"
              >TestTableName="languages" URL="jdbc:oracle:thin:@xxx:1521:xxx "/>
              >
              ><!-- Since this is our Main Datasource I would not like to use a XA
              >Transaction due to performance Issues
              >and the TxDataSource:
              >-->
              >
              ><JDBCTxDataSource EnableTwoPhaseCommit="true"
              >JNDIName="finstral.datasource.fbs" Name="finstral Content Datasource"
              >PoolName="oraclePool" Targets="fbsserver"/>
              >
              ><!-- no comment required -I hope.
              >Next comes the "special" Pool
              >-->
              >
              ><JDBCConnectionPool CapacityIncrement="5"
              >DriverName="weblogic.jdbc.oci.xa.XADataSource" InitialCapacity="1"
              >LoginDelaySeconds="1" MaxCapacity="2" Name="oracleSecurityPool"
              >Properties="user=xxx;password=xxx;server=xxx.xxx.xxx"
              >RefreshMinutes="5" Targets="fbsserver" TestConnectionsOnRelease="true"
              >TestTableName="Users" SupportsLocalTransaction="true"/>
              >
              ><!-- Well since there can only be one none XARessourceManager involved
              >in a 2PC
              >(keyword: Two Phase Commit) I will have to use a XACapable Driver for
              >the other
              >Datasource. Due to all the bugs in the oracle.xxx driver. I'll be
              >using the jdriver for oci.
              >I activated 'SupportsLocalTransaction' hoping it would solve my
              >problem - without effect. I just left in there now, since it made
              >sense me. Not?
              >Again the TxDataSource:
              >-->
              >
              ><JDBCTxDataSource EnableTwoPhaseCommit="true"
              >JNDIName="finstral.datasource.fbssecurity" Name="finstral Security
              >Datasource" PoolName="oracleSecurityPool" Targets="fbsserver"/>
              >
              ><!-- The System starts right up and can locate the test tables and
              >everything. So I think all of this stuff is working here -->
              >
              >
              >
              >ejb-jar.xml
              >-----------
              ><ejb-jar>
              >     <enterprise-beans>
              >          <session>
              >               <ejb-name>TPCTestBean</ejb-name>
              >     
              ><home>de.sitewaerts.futuna.common.test.tpcbean.TPCHome</home>
              >     
              ><remote>de.sitewaerts.futuna.common.test.tpcbean.TPC</remote>
              >     
              ><ejb-class>de.sitewaerts.futuna.common.test.tpcbean.TPCBean</ejb-class>
              >               <session-type>Stateless</session-type>
              >               <transaction-type>Bean</transaction-type>
              >          </session>
              >     </enterprise-beans>
              >     <assembly-descriptor/>
              ></ejb-jar>
              >
              ><!-- Originally I had the assembly-descriptor full of transaction
              >requirements. I thought since
              >the bean is handling all of the transaction stuff itself, it might get
              >confused by the 'container-transaction'
              >properties, and deleted them. Do I need them anyway?-->
              >
              >weblogic-ejb-jar.xml
              >--------------------
              ><weblogic-ejb-jar>
              >     <weblogic-enterprise-bean>
              >          <ejb-name>TPCTestBean</ejb-name>
              >          <stateless-session-descriptor/>
              >          <jndi-name>finstral/ejb/test_tpc</jndi-name>
              >     </weblogic-enterprise-bean>
              ></weblogic-ejb-jar>
              >
              ><!-- Nothing I have to explain here -->
              >
              >BeanCode (from the implementingBeanClass:
              >'de.sitewaerts.futuna.common.test.tpcbean.TPCBean')
              >-----------------------------------------------------------------------
              >---------------------
              >
              > public void setupTables() throws RemoteException
              > {
              > UserTransaction tx = getTransaction();
              > //getTransaction calls: 'tx = sCtx.getUserTransaction()' and does
              >some errorhandling
              >
              > log.info("Die Transaktion vor den Connections: "+tx.toString());
              > //Sorry bout the German. You should get the Message though.
              > log.info("Der Transaktionsstatus vor den Connections:
              >"+transactionStatus(tx));
              >
              > Connection conSecurity = getConnection(DATASOURCE_SECURITY, tx);
              > //gets a Connection via a DataSourceName from the JNDI tree
              > Connection conContent = getConnection(DATASOURCE_CONTENT, tx);
              >
              > log.info("Die frische Connection conSecurity: "+conSecurity);
              > log.info("Die frische Connection conContent: "+conContent);
              >
              > tearDownTable(conSecurity);
              > //Does nothing special
              > tearDownTable(conContent);
              >
              > log.info("Die Transaktion nach dem Teardown: "+tx.toString());
              > log.info("Der Transaktionsstatus nach dem Teardown:
              >"+transactionStatus(tx));
              >
              > Statement stmt = null;
              > try
              > {
              > stmt = conSecurity.createStatement();
              > //Well its getting interesting now.....
              >
              > log.info("Die Transaktion vor dem createtable: "+tx.toString());
              > log.info("Der Transaktionsstatus vor dem createtable:
              >"+transactionStatus(tx));
              > log.info("Die Connection conSecurity vor dem createtable:
              >"+conSecurity);
              > log.info("Die Connection conContent vor dem createtable:
              >"+conContent);
              >
              > stmt.executeUpdate(CREATE_TABLE);
              > //above is the row 91 -> throws: 'java.sql.SQLException: Does
              >not support SQL execution with no global transaction'
              >
              > stmt.close();
              >
              > stmt = conContent.createStatement();
              > stmt.executeUpdate(CREATE_TABLE);
              > stmt.close();
              > commitTransaction(tx);
              > }
              > catch (SQLException sqle)
              > {
              > log.error("Konnte kein table init machen", sqle);
              > rollbackTransaction(tx);
              > //The Code for this method is below
              > throw new EJBException(sqle);
              > }
              > finally
              > {
              > closeConnection(conSecurity);
              > closeConnection(conContent);
              > }
              > }
              >
              > protected void rollbackTransaction(UserTransaction tx)
              > {
              > log.info("Der Transaktionsstatus vor dem Rollback:
              >"+transactionStatus(tx));
              > log.info("Die Transaktion vor dem Rollback: "+tx.toString());
              > try
              > {
              > tx.rollback();
              > //above is row 200 -> throws: 'java.lang.IllegalStateException:
              >Transaction does not exist'
              > log.info("Der Transaktionsstatus nach dem Rollback:
              >"+transactionStatus(tx));
              > log.info("Die Transaktion nach dem Rollback: "+tx.toString());
              > }
              > catch (Exception e)
              > {
              > log.error("Konnte die Transaktion nicht backrollen.", e);
              > throw new EJBException(e);
              > }
              > }
              >
              >Log Excerpt
              >===========
              >INFO setupTables() (66) - Die Transaktion vor den Connections:
              >[email protected]
              >INFO setupTables() (67) - Der Transaktionsstatus vor den Connections:
              >STATUS_NO_TRANSACTION
              >INFO setupTables() (72) - Die frische Connection conSecurity:
              >weblogic.jdbc.rmi.SerialConnection@7c6daa
              >INFO setupTables() (73) - Die frische Connection conContent:
              >weblogic.jdbc.rmi.SerialConnection@3b425
              >INFO setupTables() (78) - Die Transaktion nach dem Teardown:
              >[email protected]
              >INFO setupTables() (79) - Der Transaktionsstatus nach dem Teardown:
              >STATUS_NO_TRANSACTION
              >INFO setupTables() (86) - Die Transaktion vor dem createtable:
              >[email protected]
              >INFO setupTables() (87) - Der Transaktionsstatus vor dem createtable:
              >STATUS_NO_TRANSACTION
              >INFO setupTables() (88) - Die Connection conSecurity vor dem
              >createtable: weblogic.jdbc.rmi.SerialConnection@7c6daa
              >INFO setupTables() (89) - Die Connection conContent vor dem
              >createtable: weblogic.jdbc.rmi.SerialConnection@3b425
              >ERROR setupTables() (101) - Konnte kein table init machen
              >java.sql.SQLException: Does not support SQL execution with no global
              >transaction
              >     at
              >weblogic.jdbc.oci.xa.XAConnection.beforeExecute(XAConnection.java:137)
              >     at
              >weblogic.jdbc.oci.xa.Statement.executeUpdate(Statement.java:112)
              >     at weblogic.jdbc.jta.Statement.executeUpdate(Statement.java:185)
              >     at
              >weblogic.jdbc.rmi.internal.StatementImpl.executeUpdate(StatementImpl.ja
              v
              >a:42)
              >     at
              >weblogic.jdbc.rmi.SerialStatement.executeUpdate(SerialStatement.java:54
              >     at
              >de.sitewaerts.futuna.common.test.tpcbean.TPCBean.setupTables(TPCBean.ja
              v
              >a:91)
              >     at
              >de.sitewaerts.futuna.common.test.tpcbean.TPCBeanImpl.setupTables(TPCBea
              n
              >Impl.java:130)
              >     at
              >de.sitewaerts.futuna.common.test.tpcbean.TPCBeanEOImpl.setupTables(TPCB
              e
              >anEOImpl.java:64)
              >     at
              >de.sitewaerts.futuna.common.test.TwoPhaseCommitUnitTest.setUp(TwoPhaseC
              o
              >mmitUnitTest.java:51)
              >     at
              >org.apache.commons.cactus.AbstractTestCase.runBareServerTest(AbstractTe
              s
              >tCase.java:297)
              >     at
              >org.apache.commons.cactus.server.ServletTestCaller.callTestMethod(Servl
              e
              >tTestCaller.java:148)
              >     at
              >org.apache.commons.cactus.server.ServletTestCaller.doTest(ServletTestCa
              l
              >ler.java:199)
              >     at
              >org.apache.commons.cactus.server.ServletTestRedirector.doPost(ServletTe
              s
              >tRedirector.java:149)
              >     at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:760)
              >     at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)
              >     at
              >weblogic.servlet.internal.ServletStubImpl.invokeServlet(ServletStubImpl
              >java:213)
              >     at
              >weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext.invokeServlet(WebAppServ
              l
              >etContext.java:1265)
              >     at
              >weblogic.servlet.internal.ServletRequestImpl.execute(ServletRequestImpl
              >java:1631)
              >     at weblogic.kernel.ExecuteThread.execute(ExecuteThread.java:137)
              >     at weblogic.kernel.ExecuteThread.run(ExecuteThread.java:120)
              >INFO rollbackTransaction() (196) - Der Transaktionsstatus vor dem
              >Rollback: STATUS_NO_TRANSACTION
              >INFO rollbackTransaction() (197) - Die Transaktion vor dem Rollback:
              >[email protected]
              >ERROR rollbackTransaction() (206) - Konnte die Transaktion nicht
              >backrollen.
              >java.lang.IllegalStateException: Transaction does not exist
              >     at
              >weblogic.transaction.internal.TransactionManagerImpl.rollback(Transacti
              o
              >nManagerImpl.java:228)
              >     at
              >weblogic.transaction.internal.TransactionManagerImpl.rollback(Transacti
              o
              >nManagerImpl.java:222)
              >     at
              >de.sitewaerts.futuna.common.test.tpcbean.TPCBean.rollbackTransaction(TP
              C
              >Bean.java:200)
              >     at
              >de.sitewaerts.futuna.common.test.tpcbean.TPCBean.setupTables(TPCBean.ja
              v
              >a:102)
              >     at
              >de.sitewaerts.futuna.common.test.tpcbean.TPCBeanImpl.setupTables(TPCBea
              n
              >Impl.java:130)
              >     at
              >de.sitewaerts.futuna.common.test.tpcbean.TPCBeanEOImpl.setupTables(TPCB
              e
              >anEOImpl.java:64)
              >     at
              >de.sitewaerts.futuna.common.test.TwoPhaseCommitUnitTest.setUp(TwoPhaseC
              o
              >mmitUnitTest.java:51)
              >     at
              >org.apache.commons.cactus.AbstractTestCase.runBareServerTest(AbstractTe
              s
              >tCase.java:297)
              >     at
              >org.apache.commons.cactus.server.ServletTestCaller.callTestMethod(Servl
              e
              >tTestCaller.java:148)
              >     at
              >org.apache.commons.cactus.server.ServletTestCaller.doTest(ServletTestCa
              l
              >ler.java:199)
              >     at
              >org.apache.commons.cactus.server.ServletTestRedirector.doPost(ServletTe
              s
              >tRedirector.java:149)
              >     at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:760)
              >     at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)
              >     at
              >weblogic.servlet.internal.ServletStubImpl.invokeServlet(ServletStubImpl
              >java:213)
              >     at
              >weblogic.servlet.internal.WebAppServletContext.invokeServlet(WebAppServ
              l
              >etContext.java:1265)
              >     at
              >weblogic.servlet.internal.ServletRequestImpl.execute(ServletRequestImpl
              >java:1631)
              >     at weblogic.kernel.ExecuteThread.execute(ExecuteThread.java:137)
              >     at weblogic.kernel.ExecuteThread.run(ExecuteThread.java:120)
              >
              >
              >CONCLUSION
              >==========
              >I'm going nuts.
              >I just don't get it.
              >The transaction is the same. I don't change the Connection. I start
              >the Transaction at the beginning before I do anything!
              >Please guys help me out.
              >Thx alot.
              >
              >Stefan "it's three o'clock in the morning, my girlfriend left me, and
              >my only friend is that stupid linux pinguine" Siprell
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