In order to use the transactional session feature with SQL Persistence, add a reference to the NServiceBus. NuGet package.
Configuration
To enable the transactional session feature:
var persistence = config.UsePersistence<SqlPersistence>();
persistence.EnableTransactionalSession();
Opening a session
To open a SQL Persistence transactional session:
using var childBuilder = builder.CreateChildBuilder();
var session = childBuilder.Build<ITransactionalSession>();
await session.Open(new SqlPersistenceOpenSessionOptions());
// use the session
await session.Commit();
Multi-tenancy support
The specific tenant ID that is used to construct the connection string is retrieved from message headers as configured in the MultiTenantConnectionBuilder-method. This header needs to be set in the options so that the necessary information is available when storing operations and interacting with the outbox.
using var childBuilder = builder.CreateChildBuilder();
var session = childBuilder.Build<ITransactionalSession>();
await session.Open(
new SqlPersistenceOpenSessionOptions((
"MyTenantIdHeader", // Name of the header configured in this endpoint to carry the tenant ID
"TenantA"))); // The value of the tenant ID header
// use the session
await session.Commit();
Transaction usage
Message and database operations made via the transactional session are committed together once the session is committed:
await session.Open(new SqlPersistenceOpenSessionOptions());
// add messages to the transaction:
await session.Send(new MyMessage());
// access the database:
var sqlSession = session.SynchronizedStorageSession.SqlPersistenceSession();
await session.Commit();
See the SQL shared session documentation for further details about using the transaction.
In order to guarantee atomic consistency across message and database operations, the outbox must be enabled. Otherwise Commit executes database modifications first and then messages are dispatched with best-effort.