I have PK that is self incrementing key. I need to insert the record into the database and then get that PK back and use it in another insert.
However I would like to do this in one transaction. Is that possible. The idea is that if something fails in any of the updates/inserts I have to do then I can rollback everything but I am under the impression that I need to do a commit.
I was going to do it in ado.net at first but then switched to a stored procedure since I thought maybe that would get around this issue.
Will a SP help me out in this case?
Yes, scope_identity will give you the latest inserted id. As an alternative, if you're using sql server 2005+ you can use the output clause.
INSERT INTO [MyTable]([MyCol])
OUTPUT INSERTED.ID
SELECT [MyCol] FROM [MySourceTable];
How about:
BEGIN TRANSACTION
BEGIN TRY
INSERT INTO dbo.YourFirstTable(.....)
VALUES(.......)
DECLARE @newID INT
SELECT @newID = SCOPE_IDENTITY()
INSERT INTO dbo.YourSecondTable(ID, .......)
VALUES(@newID, ........)
COMMIT TRANSACTION
END TRY
BEGIN CATCH
SELECT
ERROR_NUMBER() AS ErrorNumber,
ERROR_SEVERITY() AS ErrorSeverity,
ERROR_STATE() AS ErrorState,
ERROR_PROCEDURE() AS ErrorProcedure,
ERROR_LINE() AS ErrorLine,
ERROR_MESSAGE() AS ErrorMessage
ROLLBACK TRANSACTION
END CATCH
Should work in any version of SQL Server 2005 or newer.
Just by fetching the SCOPE_IDENTITY()
value, you're definitely not "breaking" the transaction ... wrap this into e.g. a stored procedure, or just call it from your calling code.