TransactionScope: Has it gotten better?

Question

When TransactionScope first came out, I ran into some serious issues getting it to work between my dev machine (XP) and our database server (Windows Server 2003).

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Answer 1

There are still issues regarding TransactionScope. In my current project we are at irregular intervals running into both “Unable to enlist in a distributed transaction” exceptions and TransactionInDoubtException. Both exceptions related to TransactionScope. One workaround for both exceptions is to use a single oracle connection (if applicable of course). Read about this in: Avoid unwanted Escalation to Distributed Transactions

For information on performance impact please read my post: Performance impact using TransactionScope