Entity Framework 6: async, sync and transactions

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I'm using ASP.NET MVC and EF 6 and I have a controller that calls my service layer to perform some actions. One of those actions must be async so the controller can return a view before that action is complete. This is how it looks:

1. Controller action being executed.


2. Invoke Service.


3. Service performs some actions that save data in the DB.


4. Services starts a new task (Task.Factory.StartNew(() => X()) and return control to the Controller.


5. Controller calls another service that tracks user actions. This is where it fails because the async operation I started on (4) uses a transaction and they are sharing the same DbContext.

How should I handle this?

asked 1 min ago

Francisco Goldenstein

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Entity Framework 6: async, sync and transactions