APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR CLIENT/SERVER COMPUTING WITH TIMING OF CREATION OF COORDINATOR TRANSACTION STATE OBJECT BEING BASED ON TRIGGERING EVENTS

A server processing method for use in a client/server computing system which carries out transactions, has steps of: receiving a command instructing the server to carry out a step of a transaction; beginning the transaction; and determining whether a predetermined triggering event has occurred during the carrying out of the transaction, and only if the triggering event has occurred, creating a means for coordinating the transaction with respect to a plurality of elements that are involved in carrying out the transaction.