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title: "setSavepoint Method (SQLServerConnection) | Microsoft Docs"
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# setSavepoint Method (SQLServerConnection)
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  Creates an unnamed savepoint in the current transaction and returns the new [SQLServerSavepoint](../../../connect/jdbc/reference/sqlserversavepoint-class.md) object that represents it.  
  
## Overload List  
  
|Name|Description|  
|----------|-----------------|  
|[setSavepoint ()](../../../connect/jdbc/reference/setsavepoint-method.md)|Creates an unnamed savepoint in the current transaction and returns the new [SQLServerSavepoint](../../../connect/jdbc/reference/sqlserversavepoint-class.md) object that represents it.|  
|[setSavepoint (java.lang.String)](../../../connect/jdbc/reference/setsavepoint-method-java-lang-string.md)|Creates a savepoint with the given name in the current transaction and returns the new [SQLServerSavepoint](../../../connect/jdbc/reference/sqlserversavepoint-class.md) object that represents it.|  
  
## See Also  
 [SQLServerConnection Members](../../../connect/jdbc/reference/sqlserverconnection-members.md)   
 [SQLServerConnection Class](../../../connect/jdbc/reference/sqlserverconnection-class.md)