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New transaction is not allowed because there are other threads running in the session Error

I receive the following error when I try and initiate an SQL Transaction.  From looking at various posts, the problem seems to be because I have a Reader open when I try and initiate the transaction.  Given the following code, can someone suggest a workaround to the problem?  I am using VS2010, C#, SQL Server 2005.

The code performs the following:

Select CVLIDs from the master table that are less than the archive date.
For each CVLID
    Retrieve the CVLID Data (comes from 3 different tables)
    Insert related fields into the 3 Stats tables
    Delete the CVL Data from the main tables (this has not been implemented yet in the code)

I want to use transaction processing so if an insert fails in one table, the data will be rolled back and the data will not be deleted from the main tables.  I want the transaction to be on each individual CVL so that if one fails it won't prevent the archiving of the others.  This will be run on a daily basis and expect 400 - 500 records to be archived daily.  When it first runs there will be over 1500 records to be archived.

Any help is greatly appreciated!

        public Int32 ArchiveCVLs(DateTime archivedate)
        {
            // This function archives the CVLs into the CVL Stats tables.
            SqlDataReader reader;
            Int32 cvlid, retVal;
            bool errFlg = false;
            string tmpErrorMsg = "";
            Int32 cnt = 0;

            try
            {
                // Define connection object
                SqlConnection connection = null;

                // Open Connection to Database
                connection = OpenDatabase();
                if (connection == null)
                {
                    return 0;
                }

                // Create Command object
                SqlCommand command = connection.CreateCommand();
                SqlCommand command2 = connection.CreateCommand();
                command.Connection = connection;
                command2.Connection = connection;

                // Retrieve CVLs to be archived
                command.CommandText = "SELECT CVL_Policy.CVLID " +
                                      "FROM CVL_Policy " +
                                      "JOIN CVL_Submitter ON CVL_Policy.CVLID = CVL_Submitter.CVLID " +
                                      "WHERE IsClosed = @IsClosed AND DateTimeSubmitted < @reportdate";
                command.Parameters.Clear();
                command.Parameters.Add("@IsClosed", SqlDbType.Bit);
                command.Parameters["@IsClosed"].Value = true;
                command.Parameters.Add("@reportdate", SqlDbType.DateTime);
                command.Parameters["@reportdate"].Value = archivedate;
                reader = command.ExecuteReader();

                // For each CVL, retrieve the CVL Data, update the Stats tables and then delete the CVL
                SqlTransaction transaction;
                while (reader.Read())
                {
                    // Start a local transaction
                    transaction = connection.BeginTransaction("ArchiveCVL");
                    command2.Transaction = transaction;
                    cvlid = Convert.ToInt32(reader["CVLID"]);

                    try
                    {
                        if (RetrieveCVLData(cvlid))
                        {
                            cnt++;
                            // CVL Data found, insert into Stats Tables
                            command2.Parameters.Clear();
                            command2.CommandText = "INSERT INTO CVL_Stats_Transmit " +
                                                    "(CVLID, FaxNumber, FaxTransmitAttempts, FaxIsTransmitted, faxtransmitdate, " +
                                                    "EmailAddr, EmailTransmitAttempts, EmailIsTransmitted, EmailTransmitDate) " +
                                                    "VALUES(@cvlid, @faxnumber, @faxtransmitattempts, @faxistransmitted, @faxtransmitdate, " +
                                                    "@emailaddr, @emailtransmitattempts, @emailistransmitted, @emailtransmitdate);";
                            command2.Parameters.Add("@cvlid", SqlDbType.Int);
                            command2.Parameters["@cvlid"].Value = cvlid;
                            command2.Parameters.Add("@faxnumber", SqlDbType.NChar, 255);
                            command2.Parameters["@faxnumber"].Value = FaxNumber;
                            command2.Parameters.Add("@faxtransmitattempts", SqlDbType.Int);
                            command2.Parameters["@faxtransmitattempts"].Value = FaxTransmitAttempts;
                            command2.Parameters.Add("@faxistransmitted", SqlDbType.Bit);
                            command2.Parameters["@faxistransmitted"].Value = FaxIsTransmitted;
                            command2.Parameters.Add("@faxtransmitdate", SqlDbType.DateTime);
                            if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(FaxTransmitDate))
                                command2.Parameters["@faxtransmitdate"].Value = DBNull.Value;
                            else
                                command2.Parameters["@faxtransmitdate"].Value = FaxTransmitDate;
                            command2.Parameters.Add("@emailaddr", SqlDbType.NChar, 255);
                            command2.Parameters["@emailaddr"].Value = EmailAddr;
                            command2.Parameters.Add("@emailtransmitattempts", SqlDbType.Int);
                            command2.Parameters["@emailtransmitattempts"].Value = EmailTransmitAttempts;
                            command2.Parameters.Add("@emailistransmitted", SqlDbType.Bit);
                            command2.Parameters["@emailistransmitted"].Value = EmailIsTransmitted;
                            command2.Parameters.Add("@emailtransmitdate", SqlDbType.DateTime);
                            if (EmailTransmitDate == null)
                                command2.Parameters["@emailtransmitdate"].Value = DBNull.Value;
                            else
                                command2.Parameters["@emailtransmitdate"].Value = EmailTransmitDate;
                            try
                            {
                                retVal = command2.ExecuteNonQuery();
                            }
                            catch (Exception ex1)
                            {
                                retVal = 0;
                                tmpErrorMsg = tmpErrorMsg + "Error Inserting into CVL_Stats_Transmit CVLID (" + cvlid.ToString() + ").  " + ex1.Message + "<br />";
                                cnt--;
                                if (cnt < 0)
                                    cnt = 0;
                                cvlid = 0;
                                errFlg = true;
                            }
                            if (retVal == 1)
                            {
                                // Insert successful
                                command2.Parameters.Clear();
                                command2.CommandText = "INSERT INTO CVL_Stats_Submitter " +
                                                        "(CVLID, SubmitterEmail, DateTimeSubmitted, SubmitterName) " +
                                                        "VALUES(@cvlid, @submitteremail, @datetimesubmitted, @submittername);";
                                command2.Parameters.Add("@cvlid", SqlDbType.Int);
                                command2.Parameters["@cvlid"].Value = cvlid;
                                command2.Parameters.Add("@submitteremail", SqlDbType.NChar, 50);
                                command2.Parameters["@submitteremail"].Value = SubmitterEmail;
                                command2.Parameters.Add("@datetimesubmitted", SqlDbType.DateTime);
                                if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(DateTimeSubmitted))
                                    command2.Parameters["@datetimesubmitted"].Value = DBNull.Value;
                                else
                                    command2.Parameters["@datetimesubmitted"].Value = DateTimeSubmitted;
                                command2.Parameters.Add("@submittername", SqlDbType.NChar, 50);
                                command2.Parameters["@submittername"].Value = SubmitterName;
                                try
                                {
                                    retVal = command2.ExecuteNonQuery();
                                }
                                catch (Exception ex2)
                                {
                                    retVal = 0;
                                    tmpErrorMsg = tmpErrorMsg + "Error inserting into CVL_Stats_Submitter CVLID (" + cvlid.ToString() + ").  " + ex2.Message + "<br />";
                                    cvlid = 0;
                                    errFlg = true;
                                }
                                if (retVal == 1)
                                {
                                    // Insert successful
                                    command2.Parameters.Clear();
                                    command2.CommandText = "INSERT INTO CVL_Stats_Policy " +
                                                            "(CVLID, StateName, PolicyNumber, AssignedAgent, " +
                                                            "DateTimeAssigned, IsClosed, DateTimeClosed) " +
                                                            "VALUES(@cvlid, @statename, @policynumber, @assignedagent, " +
                                                            "@datetimeassigned, @isclosed, @datetimeclosed);";
                                    command2.Parameters.Add("@cvlid", SqlDbType.Int);
                                    command2.Parameters["@cvlid"].Value = cvlid;
                                    command2.Parameters.Add("@statename", SqlDbType.NChar, 2);
                                    command2.Parameters["@statename"].Value = StateName;
                                    command2.Parameters.Add("@policynumber", SqlDbType.NChar, 255);
                                    command2.Parameters["@policynumber"].Value = PolicyNumber;
                                    command2.Parameters.Add("@assignedagent", SqlDbType.Int);
                                    command2.Parameters["@assignedagent"].Value = AssignedAgent;
                                    command2.Parameters.Add("@datetimeassigned", SqlDbType.DateTime);
                                    if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(DateTimeAssigned))
                                        command2.Parameters["@datetimeassigned"].Value = DBNull.Value;
                                    else
                                        command2.Parameters["@datetimeassigned"].Value = DateTimeAssigned;
                                    command2.Parameters.Add("@isclosed", SqlDbType.Bit);
                                    command2.Parameters["@isclosed"].Value = IsClosed;
                                    command2.Parameters.Add("@datetimeclosed", SqlDbType.DateTime);
                                    if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(DateTimeClosed))
                                        command2.Parameters["@datetimeclosed"].Value = DBNull.Value;
                                    else
                                        command2.Parameters["@datetimeclosed"].Value = DateTimeClosed;
                                    try
                                    {
                                        retVal = command2.ExecuteNonQuery();
                                    }
                                    catch (Exception ex3)
                                    {
                                        retVal = 0;
                                        tmpErrorMsg = tmpErrorMsg + "Error inserting into CVL_Stats_Policy CVLID (" + cvlid.ToString() + ").  " + ex3.Message + "<br />";
                                        cvlid = 0;
                                        errFlg = true;
                                    }
                                    if (retVal == 0)
                                    {
                                        errFlg = true;
                                        tmpErrorMsg = tmpErrorMsg + "Error Insert data into CVL_Stats_Policy (CVLID=" + cvlid.ToString() + ").<br />";
                                    }

                                }
                                else
                                {
                                    errFlg = true;
                                    tmpErrorMsg = tmpErrorMsg + "Error Insert data into CVL_Stats_Submitter (CVLID=" + cvlid.ToString() + ").<br />";
                                }
                            }
                            else
                            {
                                errFlg = true;
                                tmpErrorMsg = tmpErrorMsg + "Error Insert data into CVL_Stats_Transmit (CVLID=" + cvlid.ToString() + ").<br />";
                            }
                        }
                    }
                    catch (Exception ex)
                    {
                        tmpErrorMsg = tmpErrorMsg + "There was a problem archiving CVLID (" + cvlid.ToString() + ").  " + ex.Message + "<br />";
                        cnt--;
                        if (cnt < 0)
                            cnt = 0;
                        cvlid = 0;
                        errFlg = true;
                    }
                    // Attempt to commit the transaction
                    if (errFlg == false)
                        transaction.Commit();
                    else
                        transaction.Rollback();
                }
                if (tmpErrorMsg != "")
                    ErrorMessage = tmpErrorMsg + "  Please contact Intranet Team to report the problem.";
                else
                    ErrorMessage = "";
                reader.Close();
                connection.Close();
                connection.Dispose();
                command.Dispose();
                reader.Dispose();

                return cnt;
            }
            catch (Exception e)
            {
                ErrorMessage = "There was a problem archiving CVLs.  " + e.Message + "  Please contact Intranet Team to report the problem.";
                return 0;
            }
        }

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Since it does not like the opened reader, try one of these ideas:

1. Read all the data and close the reader (perhaps use a DataTable) and then iterate on the disconnected collection.

2. Use a different SqlConnection for the transaction. Then the first connection for the collection is not interfering with the second transaction connection.

Gary Davis
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EugeneZ -

I had reviewed those links before posting my question but did not find them helpful because I am not using EF.
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I endued up using the DataTable solution.  Thanks for the help.