Transaction

Introduction

Transaction is a unit of work that is performed against a database.

• If a transaction is successful, all the data modifications made during the transaction are committed and become a permanent part of the database.
• If a transaction encounters errors and must be canceled or rolled back, then all the data modifications are erased.

Transaction Scope

Commit Data

Execute and commit data operation within a transaction scope.

MyDatabase database = new MyDatabase();

using (TransactionScope tran = new TransactionScope())
{
    database.Members.Insert(new Member { Id = "A" });
    tran.Complete();
}

Rollback Data

Execute and rollback data operation within a transaction scope.

MyDatabase database = new MyDatabase();
// 'false' indicates that it will vote 'Rollback'
FakeEnlistmentNotification enlistment = new FakeEnlistmentNotification(false);

try
{
    using (TransactionScope tran = new TransactionScope())
    {
        Transaction.Current.EnlistVolatile(enlistment, 
                                                EnlistmentOptions.EnlistDuringPrepareRequired);

        database.Members.Insert(new Member { Id = "A" });

        tran.Complete();
    }
}
catch { }

Fake Enlistment Notification

The transaction has to be committed, and the true value in the FakeEnlistmentNotification constructor indicates that it will vote Commit.

MyDatabase database = new MyDatabase();
// 'true' indicates that it will vote 'Commit'
FakeEnlistmentNotification enlistment = new FakeEnlistmentNotification(true);

try
{
    using (TransactionScope tran = new TransactionScope())
    {
        Transaction.Current.EnlistVolatile(enlistment, 
                                            EnlistmentOptions.EnlistDuringPrepareRequired);

        database.Members.Insert(new Member { Id = "A" });

        tran.Complete();
    }
}
catch { }

External Transaction

Enlist the transaction to a manually created external Transaction object that propagates Commit.

MyDatabase database = new MyDatabase();

CommittableTransaction external = new CommittableTransaction();
NMemory.Transactions.Transaction transaction = NMemory.Transactions.Transaction.Create(external);

database.Members.Insert(new Member { Id = "A" }, transaction);
external.Commit();