TMF Application Programmer's Guide (H06.06+, J06.03+)

File System Procedures

HP NonStop TMF Application Programmer’s Guide—540139-009

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BEGINTRANSACTION_EXT_

For a list of file system error numbers, see the Operator Messages Manual.

trans-begin-tag output

INT(32) :ref

INT(32) .EXT64:ref

returns a value that identifies the new transaction, among other transactions, which

the calling process has initiated. This parameter is optional for single-threaded

requesters, and mandatory for multithreaded requesters.

timeout input

INT(32)

is the value in seconds that overrides the Auto Abort timer. A value 0 indicates use

of Auto Abort timer. A value -1 indicates that the transaction will never time out.

The timeout parameter can have a value in the range of -1 through 21474836.

This parameter is optional and if omitted, the configured AutoAbort value is used.

Type_Flags input

Fixed

is the transaction attribute. This parameter is optional.

The Transaction Typing parameter will be passed by the application to TMF and will be

returned from TMF to the application as a FIXED (64-bit) value but will be treated as a

structure within TMF.

84 TMF not configured.

86 Audit trail at begin-trans-disable threshold, or operator has disabled the

BEGINTRANSACTION procedure.

98 TFILE was opened using a nonzero sync-depth and all transaction

control blocks (TCBs) within the caller’s CPU are currently occupied.

590 The parameter value is invalid.