thanks... didnt realize you could do this with a GUI. 
the command line answer was helpful too. Thanks Dennis. 
> 
> From: Chip <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: 2003/08/12 Tue AM 12:34:29 EDT
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: how to turn off ODBC auto-commit?
> 
> Oracle ODBC Driver Configuration => Application Tab
> Batch Autocommit Mode (drop down list):
> 1) Commit only if all statements succeed
> 2) Commit up to the first failing statement (Oracle7 ODBC Behavior)
> 3) Commit all successful statements
> 
> The 1st option is the default Oracle setting.
> 
> Have Fun :)
> 
> DENNIS WILLIAMS wrote:
> 
> >Ryan
> >   Then you're ahead of me. That's why I said "I think", thereby implying a
> >degree of uncertainty. I have worked with ODBC for many years and this
> >wasn't mentioned. I first heard of it when JDBC arose. I did a quick search
> >on Google for "odbc autocommit" and received 9000 hits. It looks like a
> >function odbc_autocommit() may toggle the behavior for you.
> >
> >Dennis Williams
> >DBA, 80%OCP, 100% DBA
> >Lifetouch, Inc.
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> >
> >it says it is in tom kytes book. he says its there because ODBC is written
> >by microsoft and sql server needs to commit often because reads blocks
> >writes and you run into concurrency issues. 
> >  
> >
> >>From: DENNIS WILLIAMS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >>Date: 2003/08/11 Mon AM 10:44:29 EDT
> >>To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >>Subject: RE: how to turn off ODBC auto-commit?
> >>
> >>Ryan
> >>I don't think autocommit is a feature of ODBC.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>Dennis Williams 
> >>DBA, 80%OCP, 100% DBA 
> >>Lifetouch, Inc. 
> >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
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> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2003 8:54 PM
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> >>
> >>
> >>There is a function to turn off the auto-Commit in the JDBC. Is there one
> >>for the ODBC? Id prefer to commit at the transaction level and not for
> >>    
> >>
> >every
> >  
> >
> >>statement.
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
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