public void RunSqlTransaction(string myConnString) { SqlConnection myConnection = new SqlConnection(myConnString); myConnection.Open(); SqlCommand myCommand = new SqlCommand(); SqlTransaction myTrans; myTrans = myConnection.BeginTransaction(IsolationLevel.ReadCommitted,"SampleTransaction"); myCommand.Connection = myConnection; myCommand.Transaction = myTrans; try { myCommand.CommandText = "Insert into Region (RegionID, RegionDescription) VALUES (100, 'Description')"; myCommand.ExecuteNonQuery(); myCommand.CommandText = "Insert into Region (RegionID, RegionDescription) VALUES (101, 'Description')"; myCommand.ExecuteNonQuery(); myTrans.Commit(); Console.WriteLine("Both records are written to database."); } catch(Exception e) { myTrans.Rollback("SampleTransaction"); Console.WriteLine(e.ToString()); Console.WriteLine("Neither record was written to database."); } finally { myConnection.Close(); } }