Can I get a reference to a pending transaction from a SqlConnection object?
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Hey,
Suppose someone (other than me) writes the following code and compiles it into an assembly:
		using (SqlConnection conn = new SqlConnection(connString)) 
		{
			conn.Open();
			using (var transaction = conn.BeginTransaction())
			{
				/* Update something in the database */
				/* Then call any registered OnUpdate handlers */
				InvokeOnUpdate(conn);
				transaction.Commit();
			}
		}
The call to InvokeOnUpdate(IDbConnection conn) calls out to an event handler that I can implement and register. Thus, in this handler I will have a reference to the IDbConnection object, but I won't have a reference to the pending transaction. Is there any way in which I can get a hold of the transaction? In my OnUpdate handler I want to execute something similar to the following:
private void MyOnUpdateHandler(IDbConnection conn) 
{
	var cmd = conn.CreateCommand();
	cmd.CommandText = someSQLString;
	cmd.CommandType = CommandType.Text;
	cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
}
However, the call to cmd.ExecuteNonQuery() throws an InvalidOperationException complaining that
"ExecuteNonQuery requires the command to have a transaction when the connection assigned to the command is in a pending local transaction. The Transaction property of the command has not been initialized".
Can I in any way enlist my SqlCommand cmd with the pending transaction? Can I retrieve a reference to the pending transaction from the IDbConnection object (I'd be happy to use reflection if necessary)?
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