A manual transaction allows you to explicitly begin a transaction, control each connection and resource enlistment within the transaction boundary, determine the outcome of the transaction (commit or abort), and end the transaction.   Author: microsoft.com   Code: ASP.NET v1.0 & VB

You can control an object's transactional behavior by setting a transaction attribute value on a page,in an XML Web service method, or in a class.   Author: microsoft.com   Code: ASP.NET v1.0 & VB

A transaction is a set of related tasks that either succeed or fail as a unit. In transaction processing terminology, the transaction either commits or aborts.   Author: microsoft.com   Code: ASP.NET v1.0 & VB

A transaction is an operation or set of operations that succeeds or fails as a logical unit. A good example of a transaction is the transfer of funds from one bank account to another.   Author: unknown   Code: ASP.NET Beta 2 & VB