Hi Jim, The current __exit__ for transaction managers looks like this: def __exit__(self, t, v, tb): if v is None: self.commit() else: self.abort() ..which means that if you're using the transaction package as a context manager and, say, a relational database integrity constraint is violated, then you're left with a hosed transaction that still needs aborting. How would you feel about the above changing to: def __exit__(self, t, v, tb): if v is None: try: self.commit() except: self.abort() raise else: self.abort() If this is okay, I'll be happy to write the tests and make the changes provided someone does a release when I have... cheers, Chris -- Simplistix - Content Management, Batch Processing & Python Consulting - http://www.simplistix.co.uk