Hi, it happens fi at transaction timeout or you executed a broken/failed statement und catched the exception try { call invalid sql } catch (Exception e) {} connection.commit() <- exception throws here, happens automatically inside your appserver regards Thomas Am 01.07.2010 20:06, schrieb David Kerr: > I'm intermittantly getting this error message in a java app. > using Geronimo / Hibernate / Postgres 8.3.9 > > javax.transaction.RollbackException: Unable to commit: transaction marked for > rollback > > Can someone give me a scenario where this would happen? "unable to commit" > makes everyone immediatly go to database issue. But it seems like an app > issue to me. > > I was thinking that maybe it's a 2 phase commit / XA or something like that. > (TX open, phase 1 commit fails, phase 2 commit throws this error?) > > I can't imagine how this would happen within a single transaction setup. > > Thanks! > > Dave > > -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general