Same Transaction, multiple methods. How to do it?

[Frankie]

In a C# Windows Forms application, using the SqlClient data provider...

I have methodA() and methodB().

methodA starts a transaction on its own command and conection objects, does
bunch of stuff, then either commits or rollsback the transaction.

methodA calls methodB many times.

methodB creates its own connection and command objects and does a bunch of
other stuff.

How can I get the command and connection objects of methodB to participate
in the transaction in methodA?

Thanks!

[Anne Nolan]

I've not tried this, but maybe you'll have to pass your transaction object
to Method B as a parameter, and enlist method B's stuff in the transaction.
You'll have to use the same connection being used in Method A as well, I'd
think.

Hope this helps,

Anne
"Frankie" <[e-mail]> wrote in message
news:OU******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP09.phx.gbl...

In a C# Windows Forms application, using the SqlClient data provider...

I have methodA() and methodB().

methodA starts a transaction on its own command and conection objects,
does bunch of stuff, then either commits or rollsback the transaction.

methodA calls methodB many times.

methodB creates its own connection and command objects and does a bunch of
other stuff.

How can I get the command and connection objects of methodB to participate
in the transaction in methodA?

Thanks!

[Dave]

You can just pass the transaction class which provides a reference to the connection.

public void MethodB(SqlTran saction tran)
{
if (tran == null)
// create new connection
else
// use existing conn (tran.Connectio n)
}

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Dave Sexton
dave@www..jwaon line..com
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"Anne Nolan" <an************ ***@AOL.COM> wrote in message news:3j******** ****@individual .net...

I've not tried this, but maybe you'll have to pass your transaction object to Method B as a parameter, and enlist method B's stuff
in the transaction. You'll have to use the same connection being used in Method A as well, I'd think.

Hope this helps,

Anne
"Frankie" <[e-mail]> wrote in message news:OU******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP09.phx.gbl...

In a C# Windows Forms application, using the SqlClient data provider...

I have methodA() and methodB().

methodA starts a transaction on its own command and conection objects, does bunch of stuff, then either commits or rollsback the
transaction.

methodA calls methodB many times.

methodB creates its own connection and command objects and does a bunch of other stuff.

How can I get the command and connection objects of methodB to participate in the transaction in methodA?

Thanks!