TransactionScope not working with a simple use case -bug?

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HintonBR
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TransactionScope not working with a simple use case -bug?

Post by HintonBR » Fri 23 Oct 2009 17:50

I have a very simple use case that is not working and I believe that it should. Either I am understanding something fundamentally wrong with TransactionScope (I have followed all the examples exactly) or this is a bug.

My model is a simple person table with one column FIRSTNAME. Below are two methods - one that using a Required TransactionScope and one that uses no TransactionScope. I can call each method by itself repeatedly, but as soon as I call the Required one and then call the No Transaction one I get an error
ORA-24776: cannot start a new transaction
when trying to call SaveChanges in the DoNoTransaction. The Stack trace is this

Devart.Data.Oracle.an.b(int A_0 = -1)
Devart.Data.Oracle.at.c(int A_0 = -1)
Devart.Data.Oracle.at.a(bool A_0 = false)
Devart.Data.Oracle.OracleInternalConnection.Commit()
Devart.Data.Oracle.OracleTransaction.Commit()
System.Data.EntityClient.EntityTransaction.Commit()
System.Data.Objects.ObjectContext.SaveChanges(System.Data.Objects.SaveOptions options = {unknown})



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 public void DoRequiredScope()
        {
            try
            {
                TransactionOptions transOptions = new TransactionOptions();
                transOptions.IsolationLevel = IsolationLevel.ReadCommitted;
                transOptions.Timeout = new TimeSpan(0, 0, 30);

                using (TransactionScope ts = new TransactionScope(TransactionScopeOption.Required, transOptions))
                {
                    Debug.WriteLine("Current Transaction is " + Transaction.Current.TransactionInformation.LocalIdentifier);
                    Transaction.Current.TransactionCompleted += Current_TransactionCompleted;
                 

                    using (Entities entities = new Entities())
                    {
                        entities.Connection.Open();
                        PERSON app = entities.PERSON.First();
                        app.FIRSTNAME = "A Change w/txn";
                        Console.WriteLine(app.FIRSTNAME);
                        entities.SaveChanges();
                        entities.Connection.Close();
                        
                    }
                    ts.Complete();
                }
                    
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                Debug.WriteLine(ex.Message);
                //throw;
            }
        }

        public void DoNoTransaction()
        {
            try
            {
                using (Entities entities = new Entities())
                {
                    entities.Connection.Open();
                    PERSON app = entities.PERSON.First();
                    app.FIRSTNAME = "A Change w/o txn";
                    Console.WriteLine(app.FIRSTNAME);
                    entities.SaveChanges();
                    entities.Connection.Close();
                }
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                Debug.WriteLine(ex.Message);
                Debug.WriteLine(ex.StackTrace);
            }
        }
I only added the call to explicitly open and close the connection when I saw a forum post about this possibly helping - the behavior of the code is the same without the explicit connection open/close.

Any help/explanation would be appreciated

Bryan
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HintonBR
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Using the latest release

Post by HintonBR » Fri 23 Oct 2009 17:52

I am experiencing this with the latest release of DevArt (October 19th) and I am using Oracle 10g
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Post by AndreyR » Wed 28 Oct 2009 14:11

I have tried to reproduce the problem and failed.
Maybe the problem is associated with the Current_TransactionCompleted method.
What operations are executed in it?

HintonBR
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What version of Oracle Client are you using?

Post by HintonBR » Thu 29 Oct 2009 15:30

I commented out the event handler (it was just writing a debug statement) and still have the problem - are you using Oracle 10g or 11g? I am hearing from the other developers on my team that the behavior is different with 11g (I am seeing it on 10g). To repro I simply call a the Required method and then call the No transaction method.

Bryan
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Post by AndreyR » Thu 29 Oct 2009 15:40

I was using Oracle 10.2.0.1.0. What is the full version of your server?
Do you use Direct mode?

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Post by HintonBR » Thu 29 Oct 2009 15:44

I am seeing this with Oracle XE (which is 10.2.0.1.0) which is the same as my client version. I am trying to run down what the other dev team was using - but I am pretty sure the server version is similar. I don't set explicitly set Direct mode - so I am using the default.
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Post by AndreyR » Mon 02 Nov 2009 14:14

We are investigating the issue.
I will let you know about the results of our investigation.

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Post by Shalex » Wed 04 Nov 2009 12:10

We have fixed the problem with consecutive usage of local and distributed transactions on the same connection with Oracle XE. Look forward to the next build of dotConnect for Oracle.

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Post by Shalex » Fri 20 Nov 2009 16:29

dotConnect for Oracle v 5.35 is released.
It can be downloaded from http://www.devart.com/dotconnect/oracle/download.html (trial version) or from Registered Users' Area (for users with valid subscription only).
For more information, please refer to http://www.devart.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=16436.

HintonBR
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Resolved

Post by HintonBR » Mon 23 Nov 2009 23:35

I downloaded the latest build and confirmed that I am no longer seeing the problem - thanks!!!
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