lr.start_sub_transaction

Starts a sub-transaction specified by its parent's name.

JavaScript

function lr.start_sub_transaction(  sub_transaction, parent_transaction  )

VBScript

Function lr.start_sub_transaction(  sub_transaction, parent_transaction  )

Example: Sub-transactions

Transaction Functions

Arguments

Name	Comments
sub_transaction	The name of the sub-transaction
parent_transaction	The name of the parent transaction in which the sub-transaction is nested.

The lr.start_sub_transaction function marks the beginning of a sub-transaction. To mark the end of the sub-transaction, use lr.end_sub_transaction. You insert these functions immediately before and after the sub-transaction actions.

Sub-transactions are used for isolating parts of a business process. For example, a sub-transaction "electrical_purchases" may be nested within the larger transaction "purchases." The transaction "purchases" is the parent transaction and "electrical_purchases" the sub-transaction.

Multiple sub-transactions can be nested within a parent transaction. A sub-transaction may also be a parent to a smaller sub–transaction.

The duration of a transaction or sub-transaction is the sum of the durations of all steps between its start and end, including the steps that are included in sub-transactions.

Each lr.start_sub_transaction statement must be matched with an lr.end_sub_transaction statement within the script or it will be interpreted as an illegal command.

Return Values

On success, returns 0. Returns -1 if the transaction name is illegal or if there is no prior call to lr.start_transaction with a transaction of the same name.

Parameterization

All string input arguments can be passed using standard parameterization.