I've got a stored procedure which begins a new transaction for data manipulation. The procedure itself is executed within another transaction.
I have no influence what happens before my procedure. And it could change.
My idea is to check the ##TRANCOUNT before I begin the nested transaction. Then check the ##TRANCOUNT again in catch block and compare it. In no case I want the outer transaction to be rollbacked. So i wonder if i am safe with this code?
thx for your help!
SET #TRANSCOUNTBEFORE = ##TRANCOUNT;
BEGIN TRANSACTION tx;
BEGIN TRY
/* some data manipulation here */
COMMIT TRANSACTION tx;
END TRY
BEGIN CATCH
IF ##TRANCOUNT > #TRANSCOUNTBEFORE ROLLBACK TRANSACTION tx;
/* some error handling here */
END CATCH;
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I have this procedure which basically insert data.
Begin Transaction
Insert into [dbo].Values
(
EQ
)
values
(
#EQ
)
End
--Set #STATUSRet= 'Created'
--Set #ErrorRet= ''
Commit Transaction
End Try
Begin Catch
Set #STATUSRet= 'Failed'
Set #ErrorRet= (Select ERROR_MESSAGE())
Rollback Transaction
End Catch
Now I want to add a piece of code that calls another database server and insert data into the table in that server i.e. remotely. That's ok I will do that but if that fails then that should not effect my current process of inserting the data as I have described above i.e. if the remote data insertion fails it should not effect the prior insert in any way and should return successfully to the calling application behaving like nothing happened.
The default method of controlling transactions is auto-commit:
Any single statement that changes data and executes by itself is
automatically an atomic transaction. Whether the change affects one
row or thousands of rows, it must complete successfully for each row
to be committed. You cannot manually rollback an auto-commit
transaction.
So, if the two inserts are not wrapped in explicit transaction this will be the behavior. If you have more code blocks, then you can use two separate explicit transactions blocks like this:
DECLARE #ExecuteSecondTransaction BIT = 0;
-- local database
BEGIN TRY
BEGIN TRANSACTION;
-- CODE BLOCK GOES HERE
SET #ExecuteSecondTransaction = 1;
COMMIT TRANSACTION;
END TRY
BEGIN CATCH
IF ##TRANCOUNT > 0
BEGIN
ROLLBACK TRANSACTION
END;
-- GET ERRORS DETAILS OR THROW ERROR
END CATCH;
-- remote database
IF #ExecuteSecondTransaction = 1
BEGIN
BEGIN TRY
BEGIN TRANSACTION;
-- CODE BLOCK GOES HERE
COMMIT TRANSACTION;
END TRY
BEGIN CATCH
IF ##TRANCOUNT > 0
BEGIN
ROLLBACK TRANSACTION
END;
-- GET ERRORS DETAILS OR THROW ERROR
END CATCH;
END;
I have 2 proc i.e. Proc1 and Proc2.
I am executing proc1 inside proc2. There are multiple DML operation in both procedure. output of proc1 is used in proc2 for DML operation.
if Error occurred in proc2 then
how to handle transaction in both proc for rollback all DML operation?
Should I write transaction in both proc?
We use a generic error handler procedure based on http://www.sommarskog.se/error_handling/Part1.html that we - when applicable - include in our (nested) transactions to ensure the chain is managed properly:
CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].[sp_ErrorHandler](#caller VARCHAR(255))
AS BEGIN
SET NOCOUNT ON;
DECLARE #errmsg NVARCHAR(2048), #severity TINYINT, #state TINYINT, #errno INT, #lineno INT;
SELECT #errmsg=REPLACE(ERROR_MESSAGE(), 'DatabaseException: ', 'DatabaseException: '+QUOTENAME(#caller)+' --> ')
, #severity=ERROR_SEVERITY()
, #state=ERROR_STATE()
, #errno=ERROR_NUMBER()
, #lineno=ERROR_LINE();
IF #errmsg NOT LIKE 'DatabaseException%' BEGIN
SELECT #errmsg=N'DatabaseException: '+QUOTENAME(#caller)+N', Line '+LTRIM(STR(#lineno))+N', Error '+LTRIM(STR(#errno))+N': '+#errmsg;
END;
RAISERROR('%s', #severity, #state, #errmsg);
END;
(Compiled in the master database and marked as system procedure)
We use this error handler as follows. In the demo I have an outer proc and an inner proc both using a transaction.
CREATE PROCEDURE dbo.uspOuterProc
AS
BEGIN
SET NOCOUNT, XACT_ABORT ON;
BEGIN TRY
BEGIN TRANSACTION;
EXEC dbo.uspInnerProc;
PRINT 1;
COMMIT;
END TRY
BEGIN CATCH
IF ##trancount > 0
ROLLBACK TRANSACTION;
EXEC master.dbo.sp_ErrorHandler #caller = 'dbo.uspOuterProc';
END CATCH;
END;
GO
CREATE PROCEDURE dbo.uspInnerProc
AS
BEGIN
SET NOCOUNT, XACT_ABORT ON;
BEGIN TRY
BEGIN TRANSACTION;
PRINT 2;
SELECT 1 / 0;
PRINT 3;
COMMIT;
END TRY
BEGIN CATCH
IF ##trancount > 0
ROLLBACK TRANSACTION;
EXEC master.dbo.sp_ErrorHandler #caller = 'dbo.uspInnerProc';
END CATCH;
END;
GO
After you compile this and run:
EXEC dbo.uspOuterProc
You should get this result:
2
Msg 50000, Level 16, State 1, Procedure sp_ErrorHandler, Line 13 [Batch Start Line 48]
DatabaseException: [dbo.uspOuterProc] --> [dbo.uspInnerProc], Line 12, Error 8134: Divide by zero error encountered.
You can handle the transaction in the outer procedure ( in your case proc2). If any error will be occurred in proc1 it will be taken care of by proc2 transaction handler.
Am assuming that proc1 will not be called directly, it will be called inside the proc2.
There are 3 basic transaction handling statements (and a few advanced ones I'm not gonna mention):
BEGIN TRANSACTION: Will raise the ##TRANCOUNT session variable by 1. If it goes from 0 to 1 then this marks the start of a transaction. Any value higher than 1 will keep the same transaction ongoing.
COMMIT: Will lower the ##TRANCOUNT session variable by 1. If it goes from 1 to 0 then the transaction is marked as finished and will impact all changes done since it was first created.
ROLLBACK: Will decrease the ##TRANCOUNT session variable to 0 (whichever it's value was), as long as it was at least 1 or higher. This will close the transaction and revert all changes done since it was first created.
Nested transactions are a bunch of BEGIN TRANSACTION statements put together. The only point where the transaction gets fully commited and the changes are made permanent is when there is a COMMIT that lowers the transaction count from 1 to 0. That means you need one COMMIT for each BEGIN TRANSACTION you executed, like a pyramid.
Check the following example:
BEGIN TRANSACTION
SELECT ##TRANCOUNT -- 1
BEGIN TRANSACTION
SELECT ##TRANCOUNT -- 2
COMMIT TRANSACTION
SELECT ##TRANCOUNT -- 1 (no change is permanent yet, not even the last one)
BEGIN TRANSACTION
SELECT ##TRANCOUNT -- 2
ROLLBACK
SELECT ##TRANCOUNT -- 0 (all changes were discarded)
When you have an SP that executes another SP and both have their transactions, the only thing you need to care about is to CATCH errors and do the proper ROLLBACK IF there's an open/active transaction ongoing (if not the ROLLBACK statement will fail saying that there is nothing to rollback).
A very basic CATCH would be like the following:
BEGIN TRY
BEGIN TRANSACTION
/* Do some operations */
/* Execute another SP that might have the following:
BEGIN TRANSACTION
-- Some other operations
COMMIT
*/
COMMIT
END TRY
BEGIN CATCH
DECLARE #v_ErrorMessage VARCHAR(MAX) = ERROR_MESSAGE()
IF ##TRANCOUNT > 0 -- Only rollback if there is an active transaction
ROLLBACK
RAISERROR (#v_ErrorMessage, 16, 1)
END CATCH
You can read this post if you want to delve deeply into the best way for handling transactions on SQL Server.
By running 'Test Errors' I get unexpected results. I thought by checking for ##Trancount it would avoid mismatches. Can anyone help me with a better way to rollback errors? I want to rollback all transactions which are nested. Stored procedures can be both nested and on their own.
alter procedure TestErrors
as
begin
begin try
begin transaction
exec TestErrorsInner;
IF ##TRANCOUNT > 0
commit transaction;
end try
begin catch
IF ##TRANCOUNT > 0
rollback transaction;
select ERROR_MESSAGE();
end catch
end
alter procedure TestErrorsInner
as
begin
begin try
begin transaction
RAISERROR('Test Error',16,1);
IF ##TRANCOUNT > 0
commit transaction;
end try
begin catch
IF ##TRANCOUNT > 0
rollback transaction;
select ERROR_MESSAGE();
end catch
end
Results:
Test Error
Transaction count after EXECUTE indicates a mismatching number of
BEGIN and COMMIT statements. Previous count = 1, current count = 0.
This is because you are catching a transaction in the TestErrors which is not in Active state.
You have already rolled back your transaction in Catch block of TestErrorsInner.
Then again you are trying to do COMMIT/ROLLBACK it in TestErrors. So it is throwing an error.
It is your responsibility to Raise an Error explicitly again in Catch block of TestErrorsInner. So that Error will be the input for Parent SP.
So your TestErrorsInner should be like
ALTER PROCEDURE TESTERRORSINNER
AS
BEGIN
BEGIN TRY
BEGIN TRANSACTION
RAISERROR('TEST ERROR',16,1);
IF ##TRANCOUNT > 0
COMMIT TRANSACTION;
END TRY
BEGIN CATCH
IF ##TRANCOUNT > 0
ROLLBACK TRANSACTION;
--SELECT ERROR_MESSAGE();
RAISERROR('TEST ERROR in Catch',16,1); --Here Raised
END CATCH
END
Now execute the TestErrors Stored procedure, you won't get that error.
And You can check the Transaction Status with XACT_STATE()
Calling XACT_STATE() will give result of 0 or 1 or -1 (From MSDN)
If 1, the transaction is committable.
If -1, the transaction is uncommittable and should be rolled back.
if XACT_STATE = 0 means there is no transaction and a commit or rollback operation would generate an error.
I have a stored procedure with multiple update statements.I dont want to use try catch.How can I rollback the stored procedure and get back the original table?
can something like this work -
begin transaction t1
spName
rollback transaction t1
Yes you can wrap everything into a sproc into a transaction
begin tran
exec testproc
commit tran
--rollback tran --for condition
It works fine even for commit as well rollback
If for inside the sproc you need to open another transaction then you need to capture
DECLARE #vTranCount INT = ##TRANCOUNT
--Commit
IF (#vTranCount = 0 AND ##TRANCOUNT <> 0) COMMIT TRANSACTION --Commit if the Tran is created by this sproc
--rollback during catch
IF(#vTranCount = 0 AND ##TRANCOUNT > 0) ROLLBACK TRANSACTION --Rollback if the Tran is created by this sproc
I need to delete data from 2 tables in SQL Server 2008.
I have two tables A and B. I need to put each in a separate transaction.
This is the code I am using.
BEGIN TRANSACTION;
BEGIN TRY
DELETE from A
END TRY
BEGIN CATCH
IF ##TRANCOUNT > 0
ROLLBACK TRANSACTION;
END CATCH
IF ##TRANCOUNT > 0
COMMIT TRANSACTION;
BEGIN TRANSACTION;
BEGIN TRY
DELETE from B
END TRY
BEGIN CATCH
IF ##TRANCOUNT > 0
ROLLBACK TRANSACTION;
END CATCH
IF ##TRANCOUNT > 0
COMMIT TRANSACTION;
Is there any better way to implement multiple transactions and error handling in SQL Server?
I need to put separate transactions for each table.
I am getting an error when one of the transactions is failed.
Transaction count after EXECUTE indicates a mismatching number of
BEGIN and COMMIT statements. the records are not deleting from other
transaction
try this:
BEGIN TRANSACTION;
BEGIN TRY
DELETE from A
COMMIT TRANSACTION;
END TRY
BEGIN CATCH
ROLLBACK TRANSACTION;
END CATCH
BEGIN TRANSACTION;
BEGIN TRY
DELETE from B
COMMIT TRANSACTION;
END TRY
BEGIN CATCH
ROLLBACK TRANSACTION;
END CATCH
Every query is in an implicit transaction, so an explicit transaction for a single query is redundant. A DELETE will either delete all the records or none of them, not some of them and then fail.
If the two delete queries need to succeed or fail together, then the explicit transaction is required.
If these are huge tables, then deleting a few records at a time can be more efficient without an explicit transaction. (Done this many times.) However, if it has to be a single transaction, then putting the separate smaller deletes in a larger transaction will not prevent transaction log bloat. I don't know if it will be faster in this case. In the old days, I remember using a single transaction could require hours rather than minutes to complete the process. In one case, it would never finish...we gave up after several days.
May be you can do this way:
BEGIN TRANSACTION one;
BEGIN TRY
DELETE from A
END TRY
BEGIN CATCH
IF ##TRANCOUNT > 0
ROLLBACK TRANSACTION one;
END CATCH
IF ##TRANCOUNT > 0
COMMIT TRANSACTION one;
BEGIN TRANSACTION two;
BEGIN TRY
DELETE from B
END TRY
BEGIN CATCH
IF ##TRANCOUNT > 0
ROLLBACK TRANSACTION two;
END CATCH
IF ##TRANCOUNT > 0
COMMIT TRANSACTION two;