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# @@TRANCOUNT (Transact-SQL)
[!INCLUDE[tsql-appliesto-ss2008-all_md](../../includes/tsql-appliesto-ss2008-all-md.md)]

  Returns the number of BEGIN TRANSACTION statements that have occurred on the current connection.  
  
 ![Topic link icon](../../database-engine/configure-windows/media/topic-link.gif "Topic link icon") [Transact-SQL Syntax Conventions](../../t-sql/language-elements/transact-sql-syntax-conventions-transact-sql.md)  
  
## Syntax  
  
```  
@@TRANCOUNT  
```  
  
## Return Types  
 **integer**  
  
## Remarks  
 The BEGIN TRANSACTION statement increments @@TRANCOUNT by 1. ROLLBACK TRANSACTION decrements @@TRANCOUNT to 0, except for ROLLBACK TRANSACTION *savepoint_name*, which does not affect @@TRANCOUNT. COMMIT TRANSACTION or COMMIT WORK decrement @@TRANCOUNT by 1.  
  
## Examples  
  
### A. Showing the effects of the BEGIN and COMMIT statements  
 The following example shows the effect that nested `BEGIN` and `COMMIT` statements have on the `@@TRANCOUNT` variable.  
  
```  
PRINT @@TRANCOUNT  
--  The BEGIN TRAN statement will increment the  
--  transaction count by 1.  
BEGIN TRAN  
    PRINT @@TRANCOUNT  
    BEGIN TRAN  
        PRINT @@TRANCOUNT  
--  The COMMIT statement will decrement the transaction count by 1.  
    COMMIT  
    PRINT @@TRANCOUNT  
COMMIT  
PRINT @@TRANCOUNT  
--Results  
--0  
--1  
--2  
--1  
--0  
```  
  
### B. Showing the effects of the BEGIN and ROLLBACK statements  
 The following example shows the effect that nested `BEGIN TRAN` and `ROLLBACK` statements have on the `@@TRANCOUNT` variable.  
  
```  
PRINT @@TRANCOUNT  
--  The BEGIN TRAN statement will increment the  
--  transaction count by 1.  
BEGIN TRAN  
    PRINT @@TRANCOUNT  
    BEGIN TRAN  
        PRINT @@TRANCOUNT  
--  The ROLLBACK statement will clear the @@TRANCOUNT variable  
--  to 0 because all active transactions will be rolled back.  
ROLLBACK  
PRINT @@TRANCOUNT  
--Results  
--0  
--1  
--2  
--0  
```  
  
## See Also  
 [BEGIN TRANSACTION (Transact-SQL)](../../t-sql/language-elements/begin-transaction-transact-sql.md)   
 [COMMIT TRANSACTION (Transact-SQL)](../../t-sql/language-elements/commit-transaction-transact-sql.md)   
 [ROLLBACK TRANSACTION (Transact-SQL)](../../t-sql/language-elements/rollback-transaction-transact-sql.md)   
 [System Functions (Transact-SQL)](../../relational-databases/system-functions/system-functions-for-transact-sql.md)