SQL Server BEGIN/END vs BEGIN TRANS/COMMIT/ROLLBACK

Question

I have been trying to find info on the web about the differences between these statements, and it seems to me they are identical but I can\'t find confirmation of that or an

Answer 1

These 2 statements are entirely different.

BEGIN..END mark a block of code, eg in an if statement

IF @something = 1
BEGIN
  -- Do something when @something is equal to 1
END

BEGIN TRANS..COMMIT TRANS wrap the enclosing block in a transaction, and depending on server settings will rollback the transaction if an error occurs.