o When you delete a record, local fields within that record are marked for deletion at the end of the transaction, provided that they remain unused at the end of the transaction. Using CDO, there is no way to reuse those local fields. It is possible to use local fields through the Oracle CDD/Repository APIs. Therefore, the local fields cannot be automatically deleted at the same point in the transaction as the record. You must either delete the record and field in separate transactions (outside the START_TRANSACTION . . . COMMIT stream of commands) or, to accomplish this in one transaction, use the ENTER command to enter the local field, delete the record, delete the local field, and then delete the global field. o Usually, if Oracle CDD/Repository issues any errors between the START_TRANSACTION and COMMIT commands, it forces you to roll back the transaction. In some cases, such as in the CHANGE or DELETE commands, Oracle CDD/Repository allows you to commit the transaction. The general rules are: - If you receive an Oracle CDD/Repository error of E or F severity, such as a CDD-E-NODNOTFND message, you must abort the transaction. - If you receive a CDO error of E or F severity, such as CDO-E-NOTFOUND, you can continue to operate in the current transaction.