Database.BeginTransaction Method (IsolationLevel)

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Begins a transaction on the underlying store connection using the specified isolation level

Namespace:  System.Data.Entity
Assembly:  EntityFramework (in EntityFramework.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Function BeginTransaction ( _
    isolationLevel As IsolationLevel _
) As DbContextTransaction
'Usage
Dim instance As Database 
Dim isolationLevel As IsolationLevel 
Dim returnValue As DbContextTransaction 

returnValue = instance.BeginTransaction(isolationLevel)
public DbContextTransaction BeginTransaction(
    IsolationLevel isolationLevel
)
public:
DbContextTransaction^ BeginTransaction(
    IsolationLevel isolationLevel
)
member BeginTransaction : 
        isolationLevel:IsolationLevel -> DbContextTransaction
public function BeginTransaction(
    isolationLevel : IsolationLevel
) : DbContextTransaction

Parameters

  • isolationLevel
    Type: System.Data.IsolationLevel
    The database isolation level with which the underlying store transaction will be created

Return Value

Type: System.Data.Entity.DbContextTransaction
a DbContextTransaction object wrapping access to the underlying store's transaction object

See Also

Reference

Database Class

BeginTransaction Overload

System.Data.Entity Namespace