Handling deadlocks in ado.net

In this we will discuss how to handle deadlock errors in an ADO.NET application.

To handle deadlock errors in ADO.NET
1. Catch the SqlException object
2. Check if the error is deadlock error using the Number property of the SqlException object

Stored Procedure 1 Code

Alter procedure spTransaction1

as

Begin

    Begin Tran

    Update TableA Set Name = 'Mark Transaction 1' where Id = 1

    Waitfor delay '00:00:05'

    Update TableB Set Name = 'Mary Transaction 1' where Id = 1

    Commit Transaction

End

Stored Procedure 2 Code

Alter procedure spTransaction2

as

Begin

    Begin Tran

    Update TableB Set Name = 'Mark Transaction 2' where Id = 1

    Waitfor delay '00:00:05'

    Update TableA Set Name = 'Mary Transaction 2' where Id = 1

    Commit Transaction

End

WebForm1.aspx HTML

<table>

    <tr>

        <td>

            <asp:Button ID="Button1" runat="server"

                Text="Update Table A and then Table B"

                OnClick="Button1_Click" />

        </td>

    </tr>

    <tr>

        <td>

            <asp:Label ID="Label1" runat="server"></asp:Label>

        </td>

    </tr>

</table>

WebForm1.aspx.cs code

using System;

using System.Configuration;

using System.Data;

using System.Data.SqlClient;

namespace Demo

{

    public partial class WebForm1 : System.Web.UI.Page

    {

        protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)

        { }

        protected void Button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)

        {

            try

            {

                string cs = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["DBCS"].ConnectionString;

                using (SqlConnection con = new SqlConnection(cs))

                {

                    SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand("spTransaction1", con);

                    cmd.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure;

                    con.Open();

                    cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();

                    Label1.Text = "Transaction successful";

                    Label1.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.Green;

                }

            }

            catch (SqlException ex)

            {

                if (ex.Number == 1205)

                {

                    Label1.Text = "Deadlock. Please retry";

                }

                else

                {

                    Label1.Text = ex.Message;

                }

                Label1.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.Red;

            }

        }

    }

}

WebForm2.aspx HTML

<table>

    <tr>

        <td>

            <asp:Button ID="Button1" runat="server"

                Text="Update Table B and then Table A"

                OnClick="Button1_Click" />

        </td>

    </tr>

    <tr>

        <td>

            <asp:Label ID="Label1" runat="server"></asp:Label>

        </td>

    </tr>

</table>

WebForm2.aspx.cs code

using System;

using System.Configuration;

using System.Data;

using System.Data.SqlClient;

namespace Demo

{

    public partial class WebForm1 : System.Web.UI.Page

    {

        protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)

        { }

        protected void Button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)

        {

            try

            {

                string cs = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["DBCS"].ConnectionString;

                using (SqlConnection con = new SqlConnection(cs))

                {

                    SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand("spTransaction1", con);

                    cmd.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure;

                    con.Open();

                    cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();

                    Label1.Text = "Transaction successful";

                    Label1.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.Green;

                }

            }

            catch (SqlException ex)

            {

                if (ex.Number == 1205)

                {

                    Label1.Text = "Deadlock. Please retry";

                }

                else

                {

                    Label1.Text = ex.Message;

                }

                Label1.ForeColor = System.Drawing.Color.Red;

            }

        }

    }

}