PRB: SELECT INTO Fails Inside a User-Defined Transaction

Last reviewed: April 25, 1997
Article ID: Q67874

The information in this article applies to:

  - Microsoft SQL Server version 4.2 for OS/2
  - Microsoft SQL Server version 4.2

SYMPTOMS

The following message is received when a SELECT INTO is used inside a user-defined transaction:

   SELECT INTO command not allowed within multi-statement transaction.

CAUSE

The SELECT INTO command is a nonlogged operation and is not allowed inside a user-defined transaction (BEGIN TRAN ... COMMIT TRAN).

WORKAROUND

If it is necessary to associate a table created with a SELECT INTO to a transaction, you can use the following method:

Create the table outside the user-defined transaction.
If the transaction fails, set the global variable @@error and roll back the transaction.
Outside the transaction, check for the value of @@error and drop the table if this value is set.

Additional query words: Transact-SQL Windows NT
Keywords : kbprg SSrvGen SSrvWinNT
Version : 4.2 | 4.2
Platform : OS/2 WINDOWS

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Last reviewed: April 25, 1997
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