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<th colspan="3" align="center">Configuring the Transaction Subsystem</th>
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<td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="txnindices.html">Prev</a> </td>
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<th width="60%" align="center">Chapter 3. Transaction Basics</th>
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<td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="txnconcurrency.html">Next</a></td>
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<h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="maxtxns"></a>Configuring the Transaction Subsystem</h2>
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<div></div>
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<p>
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Most of the configuration activities that you need to perform
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for your transactional DB application will involve the
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locking and logging subsystems. See
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<a href="txnconcurrency.html">Concurrency</a>
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and
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<a href="filemanagement.html">Managing DB Files</a>
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for details.
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<p>
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However, there are a couple of things that you can do to
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configure your transaction subsystem directly. These things
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are:
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<div class="itemizedlist">
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<ul type="disc">
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<li>
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<p>
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Configure the maximum number of simultaneous
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transactions needed by your application.
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In general, you should not need to do this unless you
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use deeply nested transactions or you have many threads all
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of which have active transactions. In addition, you may
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need to a higher maximum number of transactions if you
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are using snapshot isolation. See
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<a href="isolation.html#sisolation_maxtxn">Snapshot Isolation Transactional Requirements</a>
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for details.
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</p>
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<p>
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By default, your application can support 20 active
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transactions.
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</p>
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<p>
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You can set the maximum number of simultaneous
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transactions supported by your application using
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<span>
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<tt class="methodname">EnvironmentConfig.setTxnMaxActive()</tt>.
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</span>
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</p>
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<p>
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If your application has exceeded this maximum value,
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then any attempt to begin a new transaction will fail.
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</p>
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<p>
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This value can also be set using the
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<tt class="literal">DB_CONFIG</tt> file's
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<tt class="literal">set_tx_max</tt> parameter. Remember that
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the <tt class="literal">DB_CONFIG</tt> must reside in your
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environment home directory.
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</p>
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</li>
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<li>
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<span>
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<p>
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<span>
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Configure the timeout value for your transactions.
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</span>
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This value represents the longest period of time a
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transaction can be active. Note, however, that
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transaction timeouts are checked only when DB
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examines its lock tables for blocked locks
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(see <a href="blocking_deadlocks.html">Locks, Blocks, and Deadlocks</a>
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for more information). Therefore, a transaction's timeout can
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have expired, but the application will not be notified until DB
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has a reason to examine its lock tables.
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</p>
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<p>
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Be aware that some transactions may be
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inappropriately timed out before the transaction has a
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chance to complete. You should therefore use this
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mechanism only if you know your application
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might have unacceptably long transactions and
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you want to make sure your application will
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not stall during their execution.
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(This might happen if, for example, your
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transaction blocks or requests too much
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data.)
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</p>
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<p>
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Note that by default transaction timeouts are set to 0 seconds, which means that they never time
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out.
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</p>
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<p>
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To set the maximum timeout value for your transactions,
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use the
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<span><tt class="methodname">EnvironmentConfig.setTxnTimeout()</tt></span>
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method. This method configures the entire
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environment; not just the handle used to set the
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configuration. Further, this value may
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be set at any time during the application's
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lifetime. <span>(Use
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<tt class="methodname">Environment.setConfig()</tt> to
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set this value after the environment has been
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opened.)</span>
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</p>
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<p>
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This value can also be set using the
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<tt class="literal">DB_CONFIG</tt> file's
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<tt class="literal">set_txn_timeout</tt> parameter.
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</p>
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</span>
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</li>
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</ul>
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</div>
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<p>
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For example:
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</p>
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<pre class="programlisting">package db.txn;
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import com.sleepycat.db.Environment;
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import com.sleepycat.db.EnvironmentConfig;
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import com.sleepycat.db.LockDetectMode;
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import java.io.File;
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import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
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...
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Environment myEnv = null;
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try {
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EnvironmentConfig myEnvConfig = new EnvironmentConfig();
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myEnvConfig.setTransactional(true);
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myEnvConfig.setInitializeCache(true);
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myEnvConfig.setInitializeLocking(true);
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myEnvConfig.setInitializeLogging(true);
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// Configure a maximum transaction timeout of 1 second.
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myEnvConfig.setTxnTimeout(1000000);
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// Configure 40 maximum transactions.
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myEnv.setTxnMaxActive(40);
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myEnv = new Environment(new File("/my/env/home"),
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myEnvConfig);
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// From here, you open your databases (or store), proceed with your
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// database or store operations, and respond to deadlocks as is
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// normal (omitted for brevity).
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...</pre>
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<td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">Secondary Indices with Transaction Applications </td>
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<td width="20%" align="center">
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<td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> Chapter 4. Concurrency</td>
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