Question

UserTransaction.getStatus() method is always returning the value ‘6’, even immediately after performing rollback or commit. Cannot understand why the status is not changing. Can someone point out whats wrong here?
I am using WAS 6.1.

InitialContext context = new InitialContext();
UserTransaction utx = (UserTransaction)context.lookup("java:comp/UserTransaction");
System.out.println("Transaction status = "+utx.getStatus());  //value is 6

utx.begin()
//all work done here

if(all good) {utx.commit()}
else {
utx.rollback();
System.out.println("Transaction status = "+utx.getStatus());  //value is 6
}

Answer 1

The value 6 means STATUS_NO_TRANSACTION. It is normal that you get this result before the start of the transaction and after the commit or rollback.