title: what is Enlist=false means in connection string for sql server?
body: <p>I am a beginner with .net. I faced issue with the following error </p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>"The transaction operation cannot be performed because there are pending requests working on this transaction.". </p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>i read somewhere in the blog .i appended my connection string with <code>enlist=true</code> and the issue was resolved.</p>
  
  <p><strong>Note</strong>: i am upgrading my DB from sql server 2005 to sql server 2008R2.</p>
  
  <p>Please help to understand the importance of using enlist.</p>