How to use transactions with the Entity Framework?

Question

When you have code like this:

Something something = new Something();
BlahEntities b = new BlahEntities()    
b.AddToSomethingSet(something);
b.SaveChanges();         


        

Answer 1

In all versions of Entity Framework, whenever you execute SaveChanges() to insert, update or delete on the database the framework will wrap that operation in a transaction. This transaction lasts only long enough to execute the operation and then completes. When you execute another such operation a new transaction is started. For Newest Entity Framework version: 6.0 +

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