title	prepare Method (SQLServerXAResource)
description	prepare Method (SQLServerXAResource)
author	David-Engel
ms.author	davidengel
ms.date	01/19/2017
ms.service	sql
ms.subservice	connectivity
ms.topic	reference
apilocation	sqljdbc.jar
apiname	SQLServerXAResource.prepare
apitype	Assembly

prepare Method (SQLServerXAResource)

Requests that the resource manager prepare for a transaction commit of the transaction specified by the given Xid object.

Syntax

  
public int prepare(javax.transaction.xa.Xid xid)

xid

An Xid object.

An int value.

javax.transaction.xa.XAException

This prepare method is specified by the prepare method in the javax.transaction.xa.XAResource interface.