multiple sqltransactions in single sqlconnection

Question

I have some code that I want to execute as follows. But I keep getting the exception "This SqlTransaction has completed; it is no longer usable" on the 2nd iteration. Could someone help me point out what I am doing wrong here? Thanks!

    SqlConnection cn = (SqlConnection)SqlConnectionManager.Instance.GetUserConnection(user);
 cn.Open();
 try
 {
    foreach (Master mRecord in masterList)
  {
   if (sqlTransaction == null)
       sqlTransaction = cn.BeginTransaction();
   SqlCommand cm = cn.CreateCommand();
   cm.Transaction = sqlTransaction;
   cm.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure;
   cm.CommandText = "pr_InsertRecords";
       try
   {
    cm.ExecuteNonQuery();
    Debug.WriteLine("Auditor.Write: end sql table value param");
    sqlTransaction.Commit();
    sqlTransaction.Dispose();
   }
   catch (Exception Ex)
   {
    Debug.WriteLine(" Exception message: " + Ex.Message);
    if (Ex.InnerException != null)
    {
     Debug.WriteLine("Inner exception message" + Ex.InnerException.Message);
    }
    sqlTransaction.Rollback();
   }
  }
 }
 finally
 {
        cn.Close();
      }

Answer 1

Inside the loop you either commit or rollback, but you do not reset the reference to null. SqlTransaction in general is not used as this, is used in a using() block, just as a SqlConnection is:

using (SqlConnection cn = SqlConnectionManager.Instance.GetUserConnection(user)) 
{
  foreach (Master mRecord in masterList)
  {
  try
  {
    using (SqlTransaction sqlTransaction = cn.BeginTransaction()) 
    {
      using (SqlCommand cm = cn.CreateCommand()) 
      {
        cm.Transaction = sqlTransaction;
        cm.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure;
        cm.CommandText = "pr_InsertRecords";
        cm.ExecuteNonQuery();
      }
      sqlTransaction.Commit();
      Debug.WriteLine("Auditor.Write: end sql table value param");
    }
  }
  catch (Exception Ex)
  {
    Debug.WriteLine(" Exception message: " + Ex.Message);
  }
}