Other Transaction Management Issues

When you design an application that uses Microsoft® Repository, you must consider these transaction management issues:

• What are the implications of reading Repository data outside the scope of a transaction?
  
  
• Is a locking protocol necessary for the application?
  
  
• Are Repository cache overflows likely to occur, and what can be done to avoid cache overflows?
  
  
• The next sections discuss each of these issues:
  
  
• Reading Repository Data Outside of a Transaction
  
  
• Using a Lock Protocol
  
  
• Avoiding Repository Cache Overflows