Patent ID: 6434555
Filing Date: 2002-08-13
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A method of transaction processing in a three-tier transaction processing system having a client tier, an application server tier including a request processor and a transaction coordinator, and a database tier, comprising the steps of:providing an interface among the client tier, the application server, and the database tier; receiving a request from the client tier by the request processor that a transaction be processed; manipulating data in the database tier by the request processor; receiving a terminate command by the transaction coordinator from the request processor; sending a commit command to commit the transaction to the database tier from the transaction coordinator; recording the commit of the transaction in the database tier; providing an acknowledgement that the transaction has been committed to the transaction coordinator by the database tier; providing a reply to the client tier from the application server acknowledging the completion of the transaction termination process; and sending a forget command from the client tier.