MS Transaction Server

[Jimbob]

just reading about Transaction Server, and came across the term XA.

What does this mean, I can't find what it stands for anywhere.

my best guess is extended architecture - any offers on that?

[Dr_Evil]

Here's what I found from a Microsoft reference. Hope it helps.

The X/Open DTP XA standard defines the application programming interfaces that a resource manager uses to communicate with a transaction manager. The XA interfaces enable resource managers to join transactions, to perform two-phase commit, and to recover in-doubt transactions following a failure.

[Jimbob]

ah, but what does it stand for???????

it might be insignificant, but it's got me wondering, you know...