Cannot issue SAVE TRANSACTION when there is no active transaction.

Error Message:
Msg 628, Level 16, State 0, Line 1
Cannot issue SAVE TRANSACTION when there is no active transaction.

Severity level:
16.

Description:
This error message appears when you try to run a SAVE TRANSACTION statement when there is no active transaction.

Consequences:
The T-SQL statement can be parsed, but causes the error at runtime.

Resolution:
Error of the Severity level 16 are generated by the user and are corrigible by the user. The statement can not be run this way. You can run a SAVE TRANSACTION statement only when there is an active transaction.

Versions:
All versions of SQL Server.

Example(s):
SAVE TRANSACTION a

Remarks:
In the above example we try to run a SAVE TRANSACTION statement. Because this is the only statement in the batch and there are no active transactions, the error is raised.