Can I prevent a LINQ DataContext from using a transaction when a TransactionScope is present? -

i'm using transactionscope in model controller class coordinates several lower level, data access classes. data access classes each use own linq datacontext, , magic of transactionscope, participate in same transaction if 1 present.

under normal circumstances, perfect , works. however, i've added activity logging class , 1 of places can write database. unfortunately, automatically picks on transactionscope , if transaction gets rolled back, log entries.

i've checked transaction property of datacontext , it's null, expected, i'm not sure how tell ignore transactionscope.

in logging class, wrap using(new datacontext()) into:

using (var s = new transactionscope(transactionscopeoption.suppress)) {  }