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FIX: You receive error messages when you use the Failover Partner connection string attribute to connect to a mirror server in a transaction in SQL Server 2005

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SYMPTOMS

Consider the following scenario in Microsoft SQL Server 2005:

You set up a database mirroring session, and then you perform a failover operation.
You have an application that uses the TransactionScope class to create a transaction. In the transaction, you connect to the principal database on the mirror server by using the Failover Partner connection string attribute.
The connection is closed within the TransactionScope class.
The transaction is completed by the TransactionScope.Dispose method.

In this scenario, you receive the following error messages:

Exception: System.Transactions.TransactionAbortedException
ErrorMessage: The transaction has aborted.

Inner Exception: System.InvalidOperationException
ErrorMessage: The requested operation cannot be completed because the connection has been broken.

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RESOLUTION

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