error: Network access for Distributed Transaction Manager (MSDTC) has been disabled. Please enable DTC for network access in the security configuration for MSDTC using the Component Services Admin...

The underlying question to this post is "Why would a non-promoted LTM Transaction ever be in doubt?" I'm getting System.Transactions.TransactionInDoubtException and i can't explain why. Unfortuna...

Is it real to use System.Transactions (primarily TransactionScope) across different AppDomains and processes? DependentTransaction works only inside one AppDomain.

I'm trying to use System.Transactions (TransactionScope) to coordinate a set of processes, each of which does some database work. Ultimately all processes need to commit or be rolled back atomicall...

We're trying to do indirect nesting transaction using the code below, .NET 3.5 ,& SQL Server 2005. MSDN says that when using TransactionScope, a transaction is escalated whenever application ...

I've just started using Dapper for a project, having mostly used ORMs like NHibernate and EF for the past few years. Typically in our web applications we implement session per request, beginning a...

I was testing to see how nested transactions work, and uncovered this disturbing and unexpected behavior. using(TransactionScope otx = new TransactionScope()) using(SqlConnection conn1 = new SqlCo...

Just wondering, if I want to create a class that does something and I want to be able to be used in a TransactionScope, what would I need to implement? That is: My class needs to be aware that it'...

I have seen System.Transactions namespace, and wondered, can I actually make a RDMBS with this namespace usage? But when I saw some examples, I do not understand how System.Transactions does anyt...

I'm trying to wrap my head around the use of the System.Transactions namespace in C#. I've found some documentation on MSDN regarding using resource managers, but it only covers volatile, in-memory...

Is there any way to determine precisely why a System.Transaction TrasactionScope is being escalated to the DTC? We are hitting a bump with one of our components that seem to escalate the transactio...

So, based on the answer to my previous question, transactions do get elevated from the LTM to the DTC if multiple connections are opened during a transaction, even if the connections all have the s...