Dapper Transaction Delete Data

Deleting an entity is the easiest because it only requires a unique Id to identify the deleted entity. The Dapper.Transaction provides the IDbTransaction.Execute extension method that is used to delete a record.

All we need is a SQL statement containing a DELETE statement with a WHERE clause on the Id column.

private static void DeleteSingleAuthor()
{
    string sql = "DELETE FROM Authors WHERE Id = @Id;";

    using (IDbConnection connection = new SqlConnection(ConnectionString))
    {
        connection.Open();

        using (var transaction = connection.BeginTransaction())
        {
            int rowsAffected = transaction.Execute(sql, new { Id = 4 });
            transaction.Commit();
        }
    }
}

It is a simple SQL DELETE statement on the Authors table. You can also use the Execute method to delete multiple authors.

private static void DeleteMultipleBooks()
{
    string sql = "DELETE FROM Books WHERE Id = @Id;";

    using (IDbConnection connection = new SqlConnection(ConnectionString))
    {
        connection.Open();

        using (var transaction = connection.BeginTransaction())
        {
            int rowsAffected = transaction.Execute(sql,
                new[]
                {
                    new { Id = 7 },
                    new { Id = 8 },
                    new { Id = 9 }
                }
            );
        }
    }
}

Let's execute the above code, and if you retrieve all the authors and books from the database, you will see that the above-mentioned author and books are no longer available in the database.