title	start Method (SQLServerXAResource)
description	start 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.start
apitype	Assembly

start Method (SQLServerXAResource)

Starts work on behalf of a transaction branch that is specified in the Xid object.

Syntax

  
public void start(javax.transaction.xa.Xid xid,  
                  int flags)

xid

An Xid object.

flags

An int value.

javax.transaction.xa.XAException

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