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Mert Özen's blog posts on software development, backend, frontend, and DevOps.

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Transactions with Dapper: BeginTransaction, Commit, Rollback and TransactionScope

Starting from a half-written order, we set up BeginTransaction, the transaction: parameter, commit and rollback-on-dispose in Dapper, and see with real output why forgetting the parameter stays silent on SQLite, how isolation levels behave, and the async and SQLite traps of TransactionScope.

6 Nov 2026 10 min 14

Database PART 13

Transactions in EF Core: SaveChanges, BeginTransaction and Savepoints

We watch SaveChanges' implicit transaction in the logs, turn several SaveChanges calls into one unit with BeginTransaction, roll back part of the work with savepoints, and look at the pitfalls of TransactionScope and retry strategies.

5 Nov 2026 11 min 20