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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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I have this data in a table:
CREATE TABLE Response ( ResponseID INT NOT NULL CONSTRAINT ResponsePK PRIMARY KEY , ResponseVal VARBINARY(5000) ) GOIf I want to get a value from this table that I can add to a URL in a browser, which of these code items produces a result I can use? See possible answers