If you want to properly handle nested Stored Procedures that can handle Transactions (whether started from T-SQL or app code) then you should follow the template that I described in the following answer:

Nov 22, 2024 · A call is made to a remote stored procedure when the REMOTE_PROC_TRANSACTIONS option is set to ON. The local copy of SQL Server becomes the transaction controller and uses Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MS DTC) to manage the distributed transaction.

Aug 20, 2012 · Yes, a stored procedure can be run inside a transaction. Please find below a sample query. id int, name varchar(20) id int, name varchar(20) From SQL Server (not sure about other RDBMS), You can call multiple stored procedures inside a transaction.

Jul 2, 2010 · From within the stored procedure, you can determine if you are running within a transaction by checking the value of the system variable @@TRANCOUNT (Transact-SQL).

Jun 2, 2010 · Transactions has nothing to do with Stored Procedures. Let me demonstrate that with a simple example. Now, the main point is: If Stored Procedure is transactional then, it should roll back complete transactions when it encounters any errors.

Jul 12, 2013 · In a stored procedure, if one statement fails and there is error trapping (normally TRY/CATCH blocks) then the subsequent statements will not execute.

Jun 8, 2017 · There are different approaches of handling transactions in nested stored procedures, but in all of them a ROLLBACK must be issued in the outermost transaction. Next Steps Check out this related information:

Mar 13, 2012 · Here is a quick and dirty way to nest transactions in stored procedures (using the code from Aaron's answer) that can be useful sometimes. It uses a default parameter to indicate to the inner procedure if it is a nested call, and returns a success/fail result to the outer procedure.

How to use transaction in stored procedure in SQL Server? Simply put transaction is used to ensure that either all SQL statements gets executed successfully or no one gets executed successfully.

Dec 13, 2023 · Transactions and error handling often go hand-in-glove, to make better use of XACT_ABORT, manually manage rollbacks, and try to make the best use of all those ACID properties that database people seem to care deeply about. The main things to understand about transactions in SQL Server are: