Do you know for a fact that the delete operation finishes? With an ODBC connection, you would be subject to connection timeouts, which as I recall would rollback the operation.
Also - are you testing the delete operation using the same user/security as what the application would be using?
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Your lack of planning does not constitute an emergency on my part...unless you're my manager...or a director and above...or a really loud-spoken end-user..All right - what was my emergency again?