Public Sub RunSqlTransaction(myConnString As String)
Dim myConnection As New MySqlConnection(myConnString)
myConnection.Open()

Dim myCommand As MySqlCommand = myConnection.CreateCommand()
Dim myTrans As MySqlTransaction

' Start a local transaction
myTrans = myConnection.BeginTransaction()

' Must assign both transaction object and connection
' to Command object for a pending local transaction
myCommand.Connection = myConnection
myCommand.Transaction = myTrans

Try
myCommand.CommandText = "Insert into mytable (id, desc) VALUES (100, 'Description')"
myCommand.ExecuteNonQuery()
myCommand.CommandText = "Insert into mytable (id, desc) VALUES (101, 'Description')"
myCommand.ExecuteNonQuery()
myTrans.Commit()
Console.WriteLine("Success.")
Catch e As Exception
Try
myTrans.Rollback()
Catch ex As MySqlException
If Not myTrans.Connection Is Nothing Then
Console.WriteLine("An exception of type " & ex.GetType().ToString() & _
" was encountered while attempting to roll back the transaction.")
End If
End Try

Console.WriteLine("An exception of type " & e.GetType().ToString() & _
"was encountered while inserting the data.")
Console.WriteLine("Neither record was written to database.")
Finally
myConnection.Close()
End Try
End Sub

public void RunSqlTransaction(string myConnString)
{
MySqlConnection myConnection = new MySqlConnection(myConnString);
myConnection.Open();

MySqlCommand myCommand = myConnection.CreateCommand();
MySqlTransaction myTrans;

// Start a local transaction
myTrans = myConnection.BeginTransaction();
// Must assign both transaction object and connection
// to Command object for a pending local transaction
myCommand.Connection = myConnection;
myCommand.Transaction = myTrans;

try
{
myCommand.CommandText = "Insert into mytable (id, desc) VALUES (100, 'Description')";
myCommand.ExecuteNonQuery();
myCommand.CommandText = "Insert into mytable (id, desc) VALUES (101, 'Description')";
myCommand.ExecuteNonQuery();
myTrans.Commit();
Console.WriteLine("Both records are written to database.");
}
catch(Exception e)
{
try
{
myTrans.Rollback();
}
catch (MySqlException ex)
{
if (myTrans.Connection != null)
{
Console.WriteLine("An exception of type " + ex.GetType() +
" was encountered while attempting to roll back the transaction.");
}
}

Console.WriteLine("An exception of type " + e.GetType() +
" was encountered while inserting the data.");
Console.WriteLine("Neither record was written to database.");
}
finally
{
myConnection.Close();
}
}