Patent ID: 6256641
Filing Date: 2001-07-03
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A method of controlling a transaction processing system having a first server application and a database system connectable to a communications infrastructure, comprising the steps of:receiving a request from the communications infrastructure by a first server transparency mechanism that a transaction be processed by the first server application;processing said transaction by the first server application and communicating said transaction to the database system;providing a reply to the communications infrastructure from said first server transparency mechanism after communicating said transaction to the database system;suspending operation of the database system after providing said reply;receiving a commit for said transaction from the communications infrastructure by said first server transparency mechanism;resuming the operation of the database system from said first server transparency mechanism;inserting a unique identification in the database system from said first server transparency mechanism after resuming the operation of the database system;providing an end for the transaction between said database system and said first server transparency mechanism;providing a commit response from the database system to said first server transparency mechanism after committing said transaction;providing an indication to the communications infrastructure from said first server transparency mechanism that said database system was committed; andproviding a reply to the communications infrastructure from said first server transparency mechanism to said request from the communications infrastructure.