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CURRENT_TRANSACTION_ID (Transact-SQL)

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Applies to: SQL Server 2016 (13.x) and later Azure SQL Database Azure SQL Managed Instance

This function returns the transaction ID of the current transaction in the current session.

Transact-SQL syntax conventions

Syntax

CURRENT_TRANSACTION_ID( )

Return types

bigint

Return Value

The transaction ID of the current transaction in the current session, taken from sys.dm_tran_current_transaction (Transact-SQL).

Permissions

Any user can return the transaction ID of the current session.

Examples

This example returns the transaction ID of the current session:

SELECT CURRENT_TRANSACTION_ID();

See also

sp_set_session_context (Transact-SQL)
SESSION_CONTEXT (Transact-SQL)
Row-Level Security
CONTEXT_INFO (Transact-SQL)
SET CONTEXT_INFO (Transact-SQL)