SAVEPOINT statement

Establishes a savepoint within the current transaction.

Syntax

SAVEPOINT [ savepoint-name ]

Remarks

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

Savepoints that are established while a trigger or atomic compound statement is executing are automatically released when the atomic operation ends.

You cannot modify data in a proxy table from within a savepoint.

Privileges

None.

Side effects

None.

Standards

ANSI/ISO SQL Standard
The SAVEPOINT statement is part of optional ANSI/ISO SQL Language Feature T271, "Savepoints".
Transact-SQL
In Transact-SQL, creating a savepoint is accomplished with the SAVE TRANSACTION statement.