Question

Can I do any other things (not related to DataBase) in the TransactionScope ?

Will it be a bad practice ?

e.g

Starting a workflow inside the scope.

I don’t want to save in DB unless starting the workflow fails.

If it’s a bad practice, what would be a good practice?

Thanks in advance.

using (TransactionScope scope = new TransactionScope())
{
    using (ComponentCM.Audit auditComponent = new ComponentCM.Audit())
    {
        using (AccessCM.Biz dataAccess = new AccessCM.Biz())
        {
            auditComponent.SaveInDB();
            dataAccess.SaveinDB()

            StartWorkflow();
        }
    }
    scope.Complete();
}

Answer 1

You want transactions to take as little time as possible, as they can cause locking on the database.

In this regard, it is better to do other work outside of the transaction scope.