RE: I hate Activation Groups....

 >> and in my environment--no commitment control,

Shame on you <grin>

 >> shared ODPs more or less forbidden by shop standard

This is an interesting remark.  One of the reasons given for making shared
ODPs verboten are the problems caused by "accidentally" repositioning the
DB cursor because of a failure to override to share *NO.  AGs really help
in this in that the ODP is only shared (by default) within the AG.  This
makes it much easier to develop apps that "jump sideways" between different
sub-applications.

 >> I haven't found much need for named activation groups.

You are in the majority here.  I think part of the problem is that we come
to regard limitations and restrictions of the system as "features" over the
years and to design with them in mind.  As I have often said when teaching
this new stuff - we have to overcome the classic situation that when all
you have is a hammer, after a while all the problems start to look like
nails!


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