SAVE TRANSACTION statement [T-SQL]

Establishes a savepoint within the current transaction.

Syntax

SAVE TRANSACTION savepoint-name

Remarks

Establish a savepoint within the current transaction. The savepoint-name is an identifier that can be used in a ROLLBACK TRANSACTION statement. All savepoints are automatically released when a transaction ends.

Privileges

None.

Side effects

None.

Standards

ANSI/ISO SQL Standard
Not in the standard.

Example

The following example displays five rows with values 10, 20, and so on. The effect of the DELETE, but not the prior INSERTs or UPDATE, is undone by the ROLLBACK TRANSACTION statement.

BEGIN
    SELECT row_num INTO #tmp 
    FROM sa_rowgenerator( 1, 5 ) 
    UPDATE #tmp SET row_num=row_num*10
    SAVE TRANSACTION before_delete
    DELETE FROM #tmp WHERE row_num >= 3
    ROLLBACK TRANSACTION before_delete
    SELECT * FROM #tmp
END