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Easier identification of Implicit Transactions

Lots of ORMs let developers choose to enable implicit transactions, but there's no easy way to identity them without:

1. Running Profiler
2. Using the existing_connection XE session

Though it's a SET option, it's not included in the plan XML where SET options are identified, nor is it in sys.dm_exec_plan_attributes or sys.query_context_settings.

Using implicit transactions haphazardly can lead to some pretty nasty blocking chains. It should be much easier to identify when they're in use.

Thanks!

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