' This function takes arguments for the 2 connection strings and commands in order
' to create a transaction involving two SQL Servers. It returns a value > 0 if the
' transaction committed, 0 if the transaction rolled back. To test this code, you can
' connect to two different databases on the same server by altering the connection string,
' or to another RDBMS such as Oracle by altering the code in the connection2 code block.
Public Function CreateTransactionScope( _
ByVal connectString1 As String, ByVal connectString2 As String, _
ByVal commandText1 As String, ByVal commandText2 As String) As Integer
' Initialize the return value to zero and create a StringWriter to display results.
Dim returnValue As Integer = 0
Dim writer As System.IO.StringWriter = New System.IO.StringWriter
' Create the TransactionScope in which to execute the commands, guaranteeing
' that both commands will commit or roll back as a single unit of work.
Using scope As New TransactionScope()
Using connection1 As New SqlConnection(connectString1)
Try
' Opening the connection automatically enlists it in the
' TransactionScope as a lightweight transaction.
connection1.Open()
' Create the SqlCommand object and execute the first command.
Dim command1 As SqlCommand = New SqlCommand(commandText1, connection1)
returnValue = command1.ExecuteNonQuery()
writer.WriteLine("Rows to be affected by command1: {0}", returnValue)
' If you get here, this means that command1 succeeded. By nesting
' the Using block for connection2 inside that of connection1, you
' conserve server and network resources by opening connection2
' only when there is a chance that the transaction can commit.
Using connection2 As New SqlConnection(connectString2)
Try
' The transaction is promoted to a full distributed
' transaction when connection2 is opened.
connection2.Open()
' Execute the second command in the second database.
returnValue = 0
Dim command2 As SqlCommand = New SqlCommand(commandText2, connection2)
returnValue = command2.ExecuteNonQuery()
writer.WriteLine("Rows to be affected by command2: {0}", returnValue)
Catch ex As Exception
' Display information that command2 failed.
writer.WriteLine("returnValue for command2: {0}", returnValue)
writer.WriteLine("Exception Message2: {0}", ex.Message)
End Try
End Using
Catch ex As Exception
' Display information that command1 failed.
writer.WriteLine("returnValue for command1: {0}", returnValue)
writer.WriteLine("Exception Message1: {0}", ex.Message)
End Try
End Using
' If an exception has been thrown, Complete will
' not be called and the transaction is rolled back.
scope.Complete()
End Using
' The returnValue is greater than 0 if the transaction committed.
If returnValue > 0 Then
writer.WriteLine("Transaction was committed.")
Else
' You could write additional business logic here, notify the caller by
' throwing a TransactionAbortedException, or log the failure.
writer.WriteLine("Transaction rolled back.")
End If
' Display messages.
Console.WriteLine(writer.ToString())
Return returnValue
End Function
// This function takes arguments for the 2 connection strings and commands in order
// to create a transaction involving two SQL Servers. It returns a value > 0 if the
// transaction committed, 0 if the transaction rolled back. To test this code, you can
// connect to two different databases on the same server by altering the connection string,
// or to another RDBMS such as Oracle by altering the code in the connection2 code block.
static public int CreateTransactionScope(
string connectString1, string connectString2,
string commandText1, string commandText2)
{
// Initialize the return value to zero and create a StringWriter to display results.
int returnValue = 0;
System.IO.StringWriter writer = new System.IO.StringWriter();
// Create the TransactionScope in which to execute the commands, guaranteeing
// that both commands will commit or roll back as a single unit of work.
using (TransactionScope scope = new TransactionScope())
{
using (SqlConnection connection1 = new SqlConnection(connectString1))
{
try
{
// Opening the connection automatically enlists it in the
// TransactionScope as a lightweight transaction.
connection1.Open();
// Create the SqlCommand object and execute the first command.
SqlCommand command1 = new SqlCommand(commandText1, connection1);
returnValue = command1.ExecuteNonQuery();
writer.WriteLine("Rows to be affected by command1: {0}", returnValue);
// if you get here, this means that command1 succeeded. By nesting
// the using block for connection2 inside that of connection1, you
// conserve server and network resources by opening connection2
// only when there is a chance that the transaction can commit.
using (SqlConnection connection2 = new SqlConnection(connectString2))
try
{
// The transaction is promoted to a full distributed
// transaction when connection2 is opened.
connection2.Open();
// Execute the second command in the second database.
returnValue = 0;
SqlCommand command2 = new SqlCommand(commandText2, connection2);
returnValue = command2.ExecuteNonQuery();
writer.WriteLine("Rows to be affected by command2: {0}", returnValue);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
// Display information that command2 failed.
writer.WriteLine("returnValue for command2: {0}", returnValue);
writer.WriteLine("Exception Message2: {0}", ex.Message);
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
// Display information that command1 failed.
writer.WriteLine("returnValue for command1: {0}", returnValue);
writer.WriteLine("Exception Message1: {0}", ex.Message);
}
}
// If an exception has been thrown, Complete will not
// be called and the transaction is rolled back.
scope.Complete();
}
// The returnValue is greater than 0 if the transaction committed.
if (returnValue > 0)
{
writer.WriteLine("Transaction was committed.");
}
else
{
// You could write additional business logic here, notify the caller by
// throwing a TransactionAbortedException, or log the failure.
writer.WriteLine("Transaction rolled back.");
}
// Display messages.
Console.WriteLine(writer.ToString());
return returnValue;
}