Correct use of transactions in SQL Server

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Solution

Add a try/catch block, if the transaction succeeds it will commit the changes, if the transaction fails the transaction is rolled back:

BEGIN TRANSACTION [Tran1]

  BEGIN TRY

      INSERT INTO [Test].[dbo].[T1] ([Title], [AVG])
      VALUES ('Tidd130', 130), ('Tidd230', 230)

      UPDATE [Test].[dbo].[T1]
      SET [Title] = N'az2' ,[AVG] = 1
      WHERE [dbo].[T1].[Title] = N'az'

      COMMIT TRANSACTION [Tran1]

  END TRY

  BEGIN CATCH

      ROLLBACK TRANSACTION [Tran1]

  END CATCH

Problem

I have 2 commands and need both of them executed correctly or none of them executed. So I think I need a transaction, but I don't know how to use it correctly. What's the problem with the following script? ``` BEGIN TRANSACTION [Tran1] INSERT INTO [Test].[dbo].[T1] ([Title], [AVG]) VALUES ('Tidd130', 130), ('Tidd230', 230) UPDATE [Test].[dbo].[T1] SET [Title] = N'az2' ,[AVG] = 1 WHERE [dbo].[T1].[Title] = N'az' COMMIT TRANSACTION [Tran1] GO ``` The `INSERT` command is executed, but the `UPDATE` command has a problem. How can I implement this to rollback both commands if any of them have an error in execution?

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