Transaction context in use by another session - tsql

Question

I have a table called MyTable on which I have defined a trigger, like so:
CREATE TRIGGER dbo.trg_Ins_MyTable
ON dbo.MyTable
FOR INSERT
AS
BEGIN
SET NOCOUNT ON;
insert SomeLinkedSrv.Catalog.dbo.OtherTable
(MyTableId, IsProcessing, ModifiedOn)
values (-1, 0, GETUTCDATE())
END
GO
Whenever I try to insert a row in MyTable, I get this error message:
Msg 3910, Level 16, State 2, Line 1
Transaction context in use by another session.
I have SomeLinkedSrv properly defined as a linked server (for example, select * from SomeLinkedSrv.Catalog.dbo.OtherTable works just fine).
How can I avoid the error and successfully insert record+execute the trigger?

Answer 1

Loopback linked servers can't be used in a distributed transaction if MARS is enabled.
Loopback linked servers cannot be used in a distributed transaction.
Trying a distributed query against a loopback linked server from
within a distributed transaction causes an error, such as error 3910:
"[Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL Server]Transaction context in
use by another session." This restriction does not apply when an
INSERT...EXECUTE statement, issued by a connection that does not have
multiple active result sets (MARS) enabled, executes against a
loopback linked server. Note that the restriction still applies when
MARS is enabled on a connection.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms188716(SQL.105).aspx

Answer 2

I solve It.
I was using the same linked server to call the second procedure and then into the procedure I was using the same linked server.
It's very Easy, only we have to know the restricctions of linked servers.

Answer 3

I have resolved it by removing linked server used in the stored procedure and then called stored procedure by the same linked server. It wasnt working in DEV environement.

Answer 4

One of causes of this situation is a trigger that works for linked-sever database table. An also SQL version of SQL-Server which processes database matters. To avoid this ERROR during sql query execution we should temporarily disable and after execution enable triggers for tables updated. All with database name check. Here is an example:
Select * From People where PersonId In (#PersonId, #PersonIdRight)
IF 'DOUBLE' = DB_NAME()
ALTER TABLE [dbo].[PeopleSites] DISABLE TRIGGER [PeopleSites_ENTDB_UPDATE]
Update PeopleSites Set PersonId = #PersonIdRight Where PersonId = #PersonId
IF 'DOUBLE' = DB_NAME()
ALTER TABLE [dbo].[PeopleSites] ENABLE TRIGGER [PeopleSites_ENTDB_UPDATE]
Select * From PeopleSites where PersonId In (#PersonId, #PersonIdRight)

Answer 5

I also got the same error in our DEV environemnt, moving the linked databases to another sql instance resolved the issue. In our production environment these databases are already on separate instances

Answer 6

In my case I was using SQL 2005 and got "transaction context in use by another session" when running Insert....exec over a linked server. The fix for me was to patch from SP2 build 3161 to SP3. SP2 cumulative 5 is supposed to fix though.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/947486

Answer 7

When remote database sits on the same server,configure the linked server without specifying the database server ip / hostname and port. Just the database name should be sufficient.

Answer 8

I was getting the same "transaction context in use by another session error" when trying to run an UPDATE query:
BEGIN TRAN
--ROLLBACK TRAN
--COMMIT TRAN
UPDATE did
SET did.IsProcessed = 0,
did.ProcessingLockID = NULL
FROM [proddb\production].DLP.dbo.tbl_DLPID did (NOLOCK)
WHERE did.dlpid IN ('bunch of GUIDs')
--WHERE did.DLPID IN (SELECT DLPID FROM #TableWithData)
However I didn't realize I was already trying to run this on the DLP database on the ProdDb\Production server. Once I removed that "[proddb\production].DLP.dbo." prefix from the query, it worked fine.