SQL Server: Is it possible to insert into two tables at the same time?

Question

My database contains three tables called Object_Table, Data_Table and Link_Table. The link table just contains two columns, the identi

Answer 1

I want to stress on using

SET XACT_ABORT ON;

for the MSSQL transaction with multiple sql statements.

See: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms188792.aspx They provide a very good example.

So, the final code should look like the following:

SET XACT_ABORT ON;

BEGIN TRANSACTION
   DECLARE @DataID int;
   INSERT INTO DataTable (Column1 ...) VALUES (....);
   SELECT @DataID = scope_identity();
   INSERT INTO LinkTable VALUES (@ObjectID, @DataID);
COMMIT