SQL Server Triggers - grouping by transactions

Question

At work we have just started building an auditing framework for our database (i.e. to log what data has changed when it is created or updated).

We\'d quite like to i

Answer 1

Found this on the net to get the current transaction id (which you could then use to generate a batch id), but not sure if it will work or not:

SELECT TOP 1
@transactionID = req_transactionID
FROM
  master..syslockinfo l
INNER JOIN
  master..sysprocesses p ON l.req_spid = p.spid AND l.rsc_dbid = p.dbid AND p.spid = @@spid
WHERE
 l.rsc_dbid = db_id() AND p.open_tran != 0 AND req_transactionID > 0
 ORDER BY req_transactionID 

Answer 2

you can just use select * from sys.dm_tran_current_transaction

sys.dm_tran_current_transaction

Answer 3

Outside the scope of the question but something to think about when designing your audit solution. If you intend to audit records that include bulk inserts, make sure your bulk inserts all include the FIRE_TRIGGERS keywords. You also need to ensure that the triggers themselves properly handle multiple row inserts (and not, not, not through a cursor!).