maybe i am blind today, but i only see the wording in 14.2.4.2 not 14.2.4.3 WRT othersXXXAreVisible method that u refer to below Daniel John Debrunner wrote: > Lance J. Andersen wrote: > >> The wording in chapter 14 of JDBC 3 in sections 14.2.4.1 Updating a Row, >> 14.2.4.2 Deleting a Row, 14.2.4.3 Inserting a Row >> >> The wording was carried unmodified forward to JDBC 4 >> > > There are two bugs in the spec (both 3.0 and 4.0) in this area: > > (JDBC 3.0 section numbers) > 14.2.4.1 has no mention of "other" changes. > > 14.2.4.2 and 14.2.4.3 both say for other changes: > > - "... made by others (another transaction or another > ResultSet object in the same transaction) ..." > > Changes can be made by Statement objects in the same transaction as well > as ResultSet objects, maybe that is meant to be: > > - "... made by others (another transaction or another > JDBC object in the same transaction) ..." > > > Dan. > > > > > > >