Microsoft.Data.Sqlite: Add deferred transactions

src/Microsoft.Data.Sqlite.Core/SqliteConnection.cs

@@ -473,6 +473,24 @@ public virtual void CreateCollation<T>(string name, T state, Func<T, string, str
         public new virtual SqliteTransaction BeginTransaction()
             => BeginTransaction(IsolationLevel.Unspecified);
 
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Begins a transaction on the connection.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="deferred"><see langword="true"/> to defer the creation of the transaction.
+        /// This also causes transactions to upgrade from read transactions to write transactions as needed by their commands.</param>
+        /// <returns>The transaction.</returns>
+        /// <remarks>
+        ///     Warning, commands inside a deferred transaction can fail if they cause the
+        ///     transaction to be upgraded from a read transaction to a write transaction
+        ///     but the database is locked. The application will need to retry the entire
+        ///     transaction when this happens.
+        /// </remarks>
+        /// <exception cref="SqliteException">A SQLite error occurs during execution.</exception>
+        /// <seealso href="https://docs.microsoft.com/dotnet/standard/data/sqlite/transactions">Transactions</seealso>
+        /// <seealso href="https://docs.microsoft.com/dotnet/standard/data/sqlite/database-errors">Database Errors</seealso>
+        public virtual SqliteTransaction BeginTransaction(bool deferred)
+            => BeginTransaction(IsolationLevel.Unspecified, deferred);
+
         /// <summary>
         ///     Begins a transaction on the connection.
         /// </summary>
@@ -490,6 +508,25 @@ protected override DbTransaction BeginDbTransaction(IsolationLevel isolationLeve
         /// <seealso href="https://docs.microsoft.com/dotnet/standard/data/sqlite/transactions">Transactions</seealso>
         /// <seealso href="https://docs.microsoft.com/dotnet/standard/data/sqlite/database-errors">Database Errors</seealso>
         public new virtual SqliteTransaction BeginTransaction(IsolationLevel isolationLevel)
+            => BeginTransaction(isolationLevel, deferred: isolationLevel == IsolationLevel.ReadUncommitted);
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Begins a transaction on the connection.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="isolationLevel">The isolation level of the transaction.</param>
+        /// <param name="deferred"><see langword="true"/> to defer the creation of the transaction.
+        /// This also causes transactions to upgrade from read transactions to write transactions as needed by their commands.</param>
+        /// <returns>The transaction.</returns>
+        /// <remarks>
+        ///     Warning, commands inside a deferred transaction can fail if they cause the
+        ///     transaction to be upgraded from a read transaction to a write transaction
+        ///     but the database is locked. The application will need to retry the entire
+        ///     transaction when this happens.
+        /// </remarks>
+        /// <exception cref="SqliteException">A SQLite error occurs during execution.</exception>
+        /// <seealso href="https://docs.microsoft.com/dotnet/standard/data/sqlite/transactions">Transactions</seealso>
+        /// <seealso href="https://docs.microsoft.com/dotnet/standard/data/sqlite/database-errors">Database Errors</seealso>
+        public virtual SqliteTransaction BeginTransaction(IsolationLevel isolationLevel, bool deferred)
         {
             if (State != ConnectionState.Open)
             {
@@ -501,7 +538,7 @@ protected override DbTransaction BeginDbTransaction(IsolationLevel isolationLeve
                 throw new InvalidOperationException(Resources.ParallelTransactionsNotSupported);
             }
 
-            return Transaction = new SqliteTransaction(this, isolationLevel);
+            return Transaction = new SqliteTransaction(this, isolationLevel, deferred);
         }
 
         /// <summary>

src/Microsoft.Data.Sqlite.Core/SqliteTransaction.cs

@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ public class SqliteTransaction : DbTransaction
         private readonly IsolationLevel _isolationLevel;
         private bool _completed;
 
-        internal SqliteTransaction(SqliteConnection connection, IsolationLevel isolationLevel)
+        internal SqliteTransaction(SqliteConnection connection, IsolationLevel isolationLevel, bool deferred)
         {
             if ((isolationLevel == IsolationLevel.ReadUncommitted
-                    && connection.ConnectionOptions.Cache != SqliteCacheMode.Shared)
+                    && ((connection.ConnectionOptions.Cache != SqliteCacheMode.Shared) || !deferred))
                 || isolationLevel == IsolationLevel.ReadCommitted
                 || isolationLevel == IsolationLevel.RepeatableRead)
             {
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ internal SqliteTransaction(SqliteConnection connection, IsolationLevel isolation
             }
 
             connection.ExecuteNonQuery(
-                IsolationLevel == IsolationLevel.Serializable
+                IsolationLevel == IsolationLevel.Serializable && !deferred
                     ? "BEGIN IMMEDIATE;"
                     : "BEGIN;");
             sqlite3_rollback_hook(connection.Handle, RollbackExternal, null);

test/Microsoft.Data.Sqlite.Tests/SqliteTransactionTest.cs

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 using System;
 using System.Data;
+using System.IO;
 using Microsoft.Data.Sqlite.Properties;
 using Xunit;
 using static SQLitePCL.raw;
@@ -113,6 +114,42 @@ public void Serialized_disallows_dirty_reads()
             }
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public void Deferred_allows_parallel_reads()
+        {
+            const string connectionString = "Data Source=deferred.db";
+
+            try
+            {
+                using (var connection = new SqliteConnection(connectionString))
+                {
+                    connection.Open();
+                    connection.ExecuteNonQuery("CREATE TABLE Data (Value); INSERT INTO Data VALUES (42);");
+                }
+
+                using (var connection1 = new SqliteConnection(connectionString))
+                using (var connection2 = new SqliteConnection(connectionString))
+                {
+                    connection1.Open();
+                    connection2.Open();
+
+                    using (connection1.BeginTransaction(deferred: true))
+                    using (connection2.BeginTransaction(deferred: true))
+                    {
+                        var value1 = connection1.ExecuteScalar<long>("SELECT * FROM Data;");
+                        var value2 = connection2.ExecuteScalar<long>("SELECT * FROM Data;");
+
+                        Assert.Equal(42, value1);
+                        Assert.Equal(42, value2);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            finally
+            {
+                File.Delete("deferred.db");
+            }
+        }
+
         [Fact]
         public void IsolationLevel_throws_when_completed()
         {