INF: Purpose of PROBE.EXE

ID Number: Q47496

1.00 1.11 4.20

OS/2

Summary:

If PROBE.EXE is run with no parameters, it will display its syntax.

PROBE.EXE connects to the specified server and displays the status of

the specified commit ID (a, b, c, or u); it uses sp_stat_xact to do

this [which is the same stored procedure used by the two-phase commit

DB-LIBRARY (db-lib) function stat_xact].

For more information about two-phase commit, please refer to Chapter 6

of the "Microsoft SQL Server Programmer's Reference."

Additional reference words: 1.00 1.11 4.20 dblib probe commit