Java Spring @Transactional method not rolling back as expected

Question

Below is a quick outline of what I\'m trying to do. I want to push a record to two different tables in the database from one method call. If anything fails, I want everythin

Answer 1

I think the behavior you encounter is dependent on what ORM / persistence provider and database you're using. I tested your case using hibernate & mysql and all my transactions rolled back alright.

If you do use hibernate enable SQL and transaction logging to see what it's doing:

log4j.logger.org.hibernate.SQL=DEBUG
log4j.logger.org.hibernate.transaction=DEBUG
// for hibernate 4.2.2 
// log4j.logger.org.hibernate.engine.transaction=DEBUG

If you're on plain jdbc (using spring JdbcTemplate), you can also debug SQL & transaction on Spring level

log4j.logger.org.springframework.jdbc.core=DEBUG
log4j.logger.org.springframework.transaction=DEBUG

Double check your autocommit settings and database specific peciular (eg: most DDL will be comitted right away, you won't be able to roll it back although spring/hibernate did so)