Oracle stored procedure with db link doesn't work from C#?

[Guest]

Hi
I am calling an Oracle stored procedure which has no input or output parameters, and only does an insert to a table on a remote Oracle server, like this
PROCEDURE Joe_test I
BEGI
insert into leslie@acc_db2 values ('insert')
commit
END

When I call it from C# using System.Data.OracleClient, I get the exception
ORA-02041: client database did not begin a transactio
ORA-06512: at "OPS$JOE.JOE_TEST", line
ORA-06512: at line

If I change it to insert into a local table instead of a remote one, it works. If I run it as is from SQL/Plus, it works. It only fails when I run it from .NET with System.Data.OracleCommand.ExecuteNonQuery()

I have tried using "enlist=false" in the database connect string. This actually seems to solve the problem if I use ODP instead of System.Data.OracleClient, but has no effect with the latter. I don't have a good understanding of what it does other than changing the default handling of distributed transactions. System.Data.OracleClient is supposed to handle distributed transactions
I would appreciate any help or suggestions!

 

[Guest]

Oh, one more thing - I am using version 1.1 of the .NET Framework.

 

[Guest]

.... and the Oracle 8.1.7 client on Windows 2000, accessing an Oracle 8.1.7 database also on W2K.

 

[ivo]

In the oracle manuals they write...
ORA-02041 client database did not begin a transaction
Cause: An update occurred at a coordinated database without the coordinator
beginning a distributed transaction. This may happen if a stored procedure
commits and then performs updates, and the stored procedure is invoked
remotely. It could also happen if an external transaction monitor violates
the XA protocol.
Action: If the cause is the former, check that any commit is not followed by
an update.

....or try to call the procedure inside a transaction

... and the Oracle 8.1.7 client on Windows 2000, accessing an Oracle 8.1.7

database also on W2K.

 

[Angel Saenz-Badillos[MS]]

Hello Joseph,

You are running into Oracle Client 8.1 client bug 914652. This problem was
exposed when we added Distributed transaction support to the Oracle Client
v1.1. There is a QFE available from our side that allows you to completely
disable distributed transactions by using a connection string keyword
(Enlist=false is not enough), please contact pss directly for the fix.

A better option would be to switch to a newer version of the Oracle Client,
this issue is fixed in v9.x
Hope this helps
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... and the Oracle 8.1.7 client on Windows 2000, accessing an Oracle 8.1.7

database also on W2K.