SQLServer TRY CATCH

Transaction In a TRY/CATCH

This will rollback both inserts due to an invalid datetime:

BEGIN TRANSACTION
BEGIN TRY
 INSERT INTO dbo.Sale(Price, SaleDate, Quantity)
 VALUES (5.2, GETDATE(), 1)
 INSERT INTO dbo.Sale(Price, SaleDate, Quantity)
 VALUES (5.2, 'not a date', 1)
 COMMIT TRANSACTION
END TRY
BEGIN CATCH
 THROW
 ROLLBACK TRANSACTION
END CATCH

This will commit both inserts:

BEGIN TRANSACTION
BEGIN TRY
 INSERT INTO dbo.Sale(Price, SaleDate, Quantity)
 VALUES (5.2, GETDATE(), 1)
 INSERT INTO dbo.Sale(Price, SaleDate, Quantity)
 VALUES (5.2, GETDATE(), 1)
 COMMIT TRANSACTION
END TRY
BEGIN CATCH
 THROW
 ROLLBACK TRANSACTION
END CATCH

Conclusion

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