SQL Server: Statements vs. Batches vs. Transactions vs. Connections

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Published on 2010-03-30T07:30:30Z Indexed on 2010/03/30 7:33 UTC
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My question is simple: What are the differences / similarities / cardinalities between

Transactions
Batches
Connections and
Statements

in SQL Server?

As far as I understand a connection is a single communications channel between a SQL Server instance and a client within which collections of statements grouped as batches are executed. A batch is either implicitly or explicitly mapped to one or several transactions. Is this correct?

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