Performing an Oracle Transaction using C# and ODP.NET

Question

I\'m confused. On the face of it, performing a transaction in C# seems simple. From here:

http://docs.oracle.com/cd/B19306_01/win.102/b14307/OracleTransactionClass.htm

Answer 1

1) do I need to set the Transaction property of my OracleCommand,

No.

and if so, what exactly does this do?

It's a no-op.

The OracleCommand automatically "reuses" the transaction that is currently active on the command's OracleConnection. The Transaction property is there simply because it was declared in the base class (DbCommand) and you cannot "undeclare" a member in the inherited class. If you read it you'll get the connection's transaction (if any), setting it does nothing.

2) If I've started a transaction on a connection, are ALL subsequent commands performed on that connection (until a commit or rollback) part of that transaction, even if I don't set the Transaction property on those commands?

Exactly.