You can only specify the READPAST lock in the READ COMMITTED or REPEATABLE READ isolation levels

Question

Hi, I have a piece of code that works fine in SSMS as T-SQL. When I put the T-Sql inside a SP, I get the error :
You can only specify the READPAST lock in the READ COMMITTED or REPEATABLE READ isolation levels
The script starts is as follows (only select)
SET NOCOUNT ON
Set Transaction Isolation Level Read Committed
Set Deadlock_Priority Low
Select......
From MyTable WITH (NOLOCK)
GROUP BY .....
Order BY ....
works fine as I said in SSMS as T-SQL but the SP generates the following
Msg 650, Level 16, State 1, Procedure usp_TotalMessages, Line 15
You can only specify the READPAST lock in the READ COMMITTED or REPEATABLE READ isolation levels.
By the way, when it says line 15, from where we should start counting, is it from The USE DB statement which includes comments as well as Set ANSI....or should we start counting from the Alter PRocedure statement
Thanks in advance

Answer 1

Set Transaction Isolation Level Read Committed
Set Deadlock_Priority Low
Select......
From MyTable WITH (NOLOCK)
GROUP BY .....
Order BY ....
First you define transactionlevel = "Read Committed", then you use a query hint "NOLOCK" which is equivalent to "Read Uncommitted"; so what do you want now, committed or uncommitted, you have to decide.
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