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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.
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I'm setting up a SQL Server 2019 instance and we are planning on using SMB storage for our database files. However, the file share isn't ready, so the idea is to use the \127.0.0.1dbfile as the location to start and then move these files to the remote server. Can I do this?
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