Can I get a reference to a pending transaction from a SqlConnection object?

Question

Suppose someone (other than me) writes the following code and compiles it into an assembly:

using (SqlConnection conn = new SqlConnection(connString)) 
{
            


        

Answer 1

For anybody who is interested in the C# version of the decorator class that Denis made in VB.NET, here it is:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using System.Data;

namespace DataAccessLayer
{
    /// 

    /// Decorator for the connection class, exposing additional info like it's transaction.
    /// 
    public class ConnectionWithExtraInfo : IDbConnection
    {
        private IDbConnection connection = null;
        private IDbTransaction transaction = null;

        public IDbConnection Connection
        {
            get { return connection; }
        }

        public IDbTransaction Transaction
        {
            get { return transaction; }
        }

        public ConnectionWithExtraInfo(IDbConnection connection)
        {
            this.connection = connection;
        }

        #region IDbConnection Members

        public IDbTransaction BeginTransaction(IsolationLevel il)
        {
            transaction = connection.BeginTransaction(il);
            return transaction;
        }

        public IDbTransaction BeginTransaction()
        {
            transaction = connection.BeginTransaction();
            return transaction;
        }

        public void ChangeDatabase(string databaseName)
        {
            connection.ChangeDatabase(databaseName);
        }

        public void Close()
        {
            connection.Close();
        }

        public string ConnectionString
        {
            get 
            {
                return connection.ConnectionString; 
            }
            set 
            {
                connection.ConnectionString = value;
            }
        }

        public int ConnectionTimeout
        {
            get { return connection.ConnectionTimeout; }
        }

        public IDbCommand CreateCommand()
        {
            return connection.CreateCommand();
        }

        public string Database
        {
            get { return connection.Database; }
        }

        public void Open()
        {
            connection.Open();
        }

        public ConnectionState State
        {
            get { return connection.State; }
        }

        #endregion

        #region IDisposable Members

        public void Dispose()
        {
            connection.Dispose();
        }

        #endregion
    }
}