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WCF Multi-layer Services Development with Entity Framework - Fourth Edition

You're reading from   WCF Multi-layer Services Development with Entity Framework - Fourth Edition Create and deploy complete solutions with WCF and Entity Framework

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Product type Paperback
Published in Oct 2014
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ISBN-13 9781784391041
Length 378 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Mike Liu Mike Liu
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Preface 1. Implementing a Basic HelloWorld WCF Service 2. Hosting the HelloWorld WCF Service FREE CHAPTER 3. Deploying the HelloWorld WCF Service 4. Debugging the HelloWorld WCF Service 5. Implementing a Three-layer WCF Service 6. Adding Database Support and Exception Handling 7. LINQ to Entities – Basic Concepts and Features 8. LINQ to Entities – Advanced Concepts and Features 9. Applying LINQ to Entities to a WCF Service 10. Distributed Transaction Support of WCF 11. Building a RESTful WCF Service 12. WCF Security 13. Extending WCF Services Index

Testing the distributed transaction support of the new WCF service

Now that we have changed the service to support distributed transactions and let the client propagate the transaction to the service, we will test this. We will first change the distributed transaction coordinator and firewall settings for the distributed transaction support of the WCF service, then propagate a transaction from the client to the service, and test the WCF service for multiple database support.

Configuring the Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator

In a subsequent section, we will call two services to update two databases on two different computers. As these two updates are wrapped within one distributed transaction, Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MSDTC) will be activated to manage this distributed transaction. If MSDTC is not started or not configured properly, the distributed transaction will not be successful. In this section, we will learn how to configure MSDTC on both the machines...

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