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Explicit Transactions
Nested Transactions
Steve Jones notes there aren't really nested transactions in SQL Server. And we all ought to know this.
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This article looks at a simple example of using explicit transactions when modifying data in SQL Server tables.
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Explicit Transactions
There are frequent misunderstandings about Explicit Transactions, not limited to use of 'nested transactions'. This article attempts to explain by example many of the behaviors of this feature.
2018-07-13 (first published: 2015-12-30)
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Missing the Jaro Winkler Distance
I upgraded a SQL Server 2019 instance to SQL Server 2025. I wanted to test the fuzzy string search functions. I run this code:
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