I don't have Firebird either I'm afraid I was just reading the source to add a persistent database connection when I noticed the assymetry in the two methods and started digging. Never did quite find what I was looking for either.
On Jun 18, 2010 4:52 AM, "mdipierro" <[email protected]> wrote: You are right. As far as I understand firebird does not require begin to start a transaction yet web2py should not fire an exception if you try to begin. I am fixing it in trunk. Please take a look and let us know. I have never tested this with firebird. Massimo On Jun 17, 8:41 pm, Doug Warren <[email protected]> wrote: > I was poking around sql.py tonight... > http://www.web2py.com/AlterEgo/default/show/101also states that > distributed transactions are only available on postgres. > > http://www.mail-archive.com/web...@go...

