The Microsoft SQL Server 2005 JDBC Driver provides support for J2EE/JDBC 2.0 optional distributed transactions. JDBC connections obtained from the SQLServerXADataSource class can participate in standard distributed transaction processing environments such as J2EE application servers.

The classes for the distributed transaction implementation are as follows:

Class Implements Description

com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerXADataSource

javax.sql.XADataSource

The class factory for distributed connections.

com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerXAResource

javax.transaction.xa.XAResource

The resource adaptor for the transaction manager.

Note: XA distributed transaction connections default to the Read Committed isolation level.

Configuration Instructions

The following steps are required if you want to use XA data sources together with Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MS DTC) for handling distributed transactions.

Note: The JDBC distributed transaction components are included in the xa directory of the JDBC driver installation. These components include the xa_install.sql and sqljdbc_xa.dll files.

Running the MS DTC Service

The MS DTC service should be marked Automatic in Service Manager to make sure that it is running when the SQL Server service is started. To enable MS DTC for XA transactions, you must follow these steps:

  1. From Control Panel, open Administrative Tools, and then open Component Services.

  2. Expand Component Services, right-click My Computer, and then select Properties.

  3. Click the MSDTC tab, and then click Security Configuration.

  4. Select the Enable XA Transactions check box, and then click OK. This will cause a MS DTC service restart.

  5. Click OK again to close the Properties dialog box, and then close Component Services.

  6. Stop and then restart SQL Server to ensure that it syncs up with the MS DTC changes.

Configuring the JDBC Distributed Transaction Components

You can configure the JDBC driver distributed transaction components by following these steps:

  1. Copy the sqljdbc_xa.dll from the JDBC installation directory to the Binn directory of every SQL Server computer that will participate in distributed transactions.

    Note: If you are on a 32-bit processor, use the sqljdbc_xa.dll file in the x86 folder. If you are on a 64-bit processor, use the sqljdbc_xa.dll file in the x64 folder.

  2. Execute the database script xa_install.sql on every SQL Server instance that will participate in distributed transactions. This script installs sqljdbc_xa.dll as an extended stored procedure. You will need to run this script as an administrator of the SQL Server instance.

  3. To grant permissions to a specific user to participate in distributed transactions with the JDBC driver, add the user to the SqlJDBCXAUser role.

Configuring the User-Defined Roles

To grant permissions to a specific user to participate in distributed transactions with the JDBC driver, add the user to the SqlJDBCXAUser role. For example, use the following Transact-SQL code to add a user named 'shelby' (SQL standard login user named 'shelby') to the SqlJDBCXAUser role:

USE master
GO
EXEC sp_grantdbaccess 'shelby', 'shelby'
GO
EXEC sp_addrolemember [SqlJDBCXAUser], 'shelby'

SQL user-defined roles are defined per database. To create your own role for security purposes, you will have to define the role in each database, and add users in a per database manner. The SqlJDBCXAUser role is strictly defined in the master database because it is used to grant access to the SQL JDBC extended stored procedures that reside in master. You will have to first grant individual users access to master, and then grant them access to the SqlJDBCXAUser role while you are logged into the master database.

Example

import java.net.Inet4Address;
import java.sql.*;
import java.util.Random;
import javax.transaction.xa.*;
import javax.sql.*;
import com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.*;

public class testXA {

   public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {

      // Create a variable for the connection string.
      String connectionUrl = "jdbc:sqlserver://localhost:1433;"
         +"databaseName=AdventureWorks;user=UserName;password=*****";

      try {
         // Establish the connection.
         Class.forName("com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver");
         Connection con = DriverManager.getConnection(connectionUrl);

         // Create a test table.
         Statement stmt = con.createStatement();
         try {stmt.executeUpdate("DROP TABLE XAMin"); }catch (Exception e) {}
         stmt.executeUpdate("CREATE TABLE XAMin (f1 int, f2 varchar(max))");
         stmt.close();
         con.close();

         // Create the XA data source and XA ready connection.
         SQLServerXADataSource ds = new SQLServerXADataSource();
         ds.setUser("UserName");
         ds.setPassword("*****");
         ds.setServerName("localhost");
         ds.setPortNumber(1433);
         ds.setDatabaseName("AdventureWorks");
         XAConnection xaCon = ds.getXAConnection();
         con = xaCon.getConnection();

         // Get a unique Xid object for testing.
         XAResource xaRes = null;
         Xid xid = null;
         xid = XidImpl.getUniqueXid(1);

         // Get the XAResource object and set the timeout value.
         xaRes = xaCon.getXAResource();
         xaRes.setTransactionTimeout(0);

         // Perform the XA transaction.
         System.out.println("Write -> xid = " + xid.toString());
         xaRes.start(xid,XAResource.TMNOFLAGS);
         PreparedStatement pstmt = 
         con.prepareStatement("INSERT INTO XAMin (f1,f2) VALUES (?, ?)");
         pstmt.setInt(1,1);
         pstmt.setString(2,xid.toString());
         pstmt.executeUpdate();

         // Commit the transaction.
         xaRes.end(xid,XAResource.TMSUCCESS);
         xaRes.commit(xid,true);

         // Cleanup.
         pstmt.close();
         con.close();
         xaCon.close();

         // Open a new connection and read back the record to verify that it worked.
         con = DriverManager.getConnection(connectionUrl);
         ResultSet rs = con.createStatement().executeQuery("SELECT * FROM XAMin");
         rs.next();
         System.out.println("Read -> xid = " + rs.getString(2));
         rs.close();
         con.close()
      } 

      // Handle any errors that may have occurred.
      catch (Exception e) {
         e.printStackTrace();
      }
   }
}

class XidImpl implements Xid {

   public int formatId;
   public byte[] gtrid;
   public byte[] bqual;
   public byte[] getGlobalTransactionId() {return gtrid;}
   public byte[] getBranchQualifier() {return bqual;}
   public int getFormatId() {return formatId;}

   XidImpl(int formatId, byte[] gtrid, byte[] bqual) {
      this.formatId = formatId;
      this.gtrid = gtrid;
      this.bqual = bqual;
   }

   public String toString() {
      int hexVal;
      StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer(512);
      sb.append("formatId=" + formatId);
      sb.append(" gtrid(" + gtrid.length + ")={0x");
      for (int i=0; i<gtrid.length; i++) {
         hexVal = gtrid[i]&0xFF;
         if ( hexVal < 0x10 )
            sb.append("0" + Integer.toHexString(gtrid[i]&0xFF));
         else
            sb.append(Integer.toHexString(gtrid[i]&0xFF));
         }
         sb.append("} bqual(" + bqual.length + ")={0x");
         for (int i=0; i<bqual.length; i++) {
            hexVal = bqual[i]&0xFF;
            if ( hexVal < 0x10 )
               sb.append("0" + Integer.toHexString(bqual[i]&0xFF));
            else
               sb.append(Integer.toHexString(bqual[i]&0xFF));
         }
         sb.append("}");
         return sb.toString();
      }

      // Returns a globally unique transaction id.
      static byte [] localIP = null;
      static int txnUniqueID = 0;
      static Xid getUniqueXid(int tid) {

      Random rnd = new Random(System.currentTimeMillis());
      txnUniqueID++;
      int txnUID = txnUniqueID;
      int tidID = tid;
      int randID = rnd.nextInt();
      byte[] gtrid = new byte[64];
      byte[] bqual = new byte[64];
      if ( null == localIP) {
         try {
            localIP = Inet4Address.getLocalHost().getAddress();
         }
         catch ( Exception ex ) {
            localIP =  new byte[] { 0x01,0x02,0x03,0x04 };
         }
      }
      System.arraycopy(localIP,0,gtrid,0,4);
      System.arraycopy(localIP,0,bqual,0,4);

      // Bytes 4 -> 7 - unique transaction id.
      // Bytes 8 ->11 - thread id.
      // Bytes 12->15 - random number generated by using seed from current time in milliseconds.
      for (int i=0; i<=3; i++) {
         gtrid[i+4] = (byte)(txnUID%0x100);
         bqual[i+4] = (byte)(txnUID%0x100);
         txnUID >>= 8;
         gtrid[i+8] = (byte)(tidID%0x100);
         bqual[i+8] = (byte)(tidID%0x100);
         tidID >>= 8;
         gtrid[i+12] = (byte)(randID%0x100);
         bqual[i+12] = (byte)(randID%0x100);
         randID >>= 8;
      }
      return new XidImpl(0x1234, gtrid, bqual);
   }
}

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