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How to: Reuse a Connection Between an ADO.NET Command and a DataContext (LINQ to SQL)
.NET Framework 3.5
Because LINQ to SQL is a part of the ADO.NET family of technologies and is based on services provided by ADO.NET, you can reuse a connection between an ADO.NET command and a DataContext.
The following example shows how to reuse the same connection between an ADO.NET command and the DataContext.
Dim conString = "Data Source=.\SQLEXPRESS;AttachDbFilename=c:\northwind.mdf; Integrated Security=True;Connect Timeout=30;User Instance=True" Dim northwindCon = New SqlConnection(conString) northwindCon.Open() Dim db = New Northwnd("...") Dim northwindTransaction = northwindCon.BeginTransaction() Try Dim cmd = New SqlCommand( _ "UPDATE Products SET QuantityPerUnit = 'single item' " & _ "WHERE ProductID = 3") cmd.Connection = northwindCon cmd.Transaction = northwindTransaction cmd.ExecuteNonQuery() db.Transaction = northwindTransaction Dim prod1 = (From prod In db.Products _ Where prod.ProductID = 4).First Dim prod2 = (From prod In db.Products _ Where prod.ProductID = 5).First prod1.UnitsInStock -= 3 prod2.UnitsInStock -= 5 db.SubmitChanges() northwindTransaction.Commit() Catch e As Exception Console.WriteLine(e.Message) Console.WriteLine("Error submitting changes... " & _ "all changes rolled back.") End Try northwindCon.Close()
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