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SQL programmingYou can use the HCL OneDB™ implementation of the SQL language to develop applications for HCL OneDB™ database servers.
Guide to SQL: SyntaxThe HCL OneDB™ Guide to SQL: Syntax describes the syntax of the statements, data types, expressions, operators, and built-in functions of the HCL OneDB™ dialect of the SQL language.
SQL statementsThis chapter describes the syntax and semantics of SQL statements that are recognized by HCL OneDB™.
BEGIN WORK statementUse the BEGIN WORK statement to start a transaction, which is a series of database operations that the COMMIT WORK or ROLLBACK WORK statement terminates, and that the database server treats as a single unit of work. This statement is an extension to the ANSI/ISO standard for SQL.
BEGIN WORK and ANSI-Compliant Databases

BEGIN WORK and ANSI-Compliant Databases

In an ANSI-compliant database, you do not need the BEGIN WORK statement because transactions are implicit; every SQL statement occurs within a transaction. The database server generates a warning when you use a BEGIN WORK statement immediately after any of the following statements:

DATABASE
COMMIT WORK
CREATE DATABASE
ROLLBACK WORK

The database server returns an error when you use a BEGIN WORK statement after any other statement in an ANSI-compliant database.