Transaction.Current
should be reliable; I’ve just checked, at this works fine with suppressed transactions, too:
Console.WriteLine(Transaction.Current != null); // false
using (TransactionScope tran = new TransactionScope())
{
Console.WriteLine(Transaction.Current != null); // true
using (TransactionScope tran2 = new TransactionScope(
TransactionScopeOption.Suppress))
{
Console.WriteLine(Transaction.Current != null); // false
}
Console.WriteLine(Transaction.Current != null); // true
}
Console.WriteLine(Transaction.Current != null); // false