Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft® Windows® DNA Programming in 21 Days

Day 7. Database Transactions and the Distributed Transaction Coordinator

All relational databases use transaction rules to ensure data consistency. This chapter educates you on the transaction rules and components, and describes how you can participate in the transaction. You will cover distributed transactions and how you can increase the performance of your transactions. You will also learn about Microsoft's Distributed Transaction Coordinator (DTC), how DTC controls distributed transactions, and how you can use the DTC Admin Console to monitor and manage transactions. And finally, the chapter will touch on Microsoft Transaction Server (MTS) as it relates to database transactions. (Day 8, "Introduction to COM and MTS," will explore MTS in greater ...