SqlConnection.ServerVersion Property

Definition

Namespace:

Microsoft.Data.SqlClient

Assembly:

Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.dll

Package:

Microsoft.Data.SqlClient v5.2.0

Gets a string that contains the version of the instance of SQL Server to which the client is connected.

public:
 virtual property System::String ^ ServerVersion { System::String ^ get(); };

[System.ComponentModel.Browsable(false)]
public override string ServerVersion { get; }

[<System.ComponentModel.Browsable(false)>]
member this.ServerVersion : string

Public Overrides ReadOnly Property ServerVersion As String

Property Value

String

The version of the instance of SQL Server.

Attributes

BrowsableAttribute

Exceptions

InvalidOperationException

The connection is closed.

ServerVersion was called while the returned Task was not completed and the connection was not opened after a call to OpenAsync(CancellationToken).

Examples

The following example creates a SqlConnection and displays the ServerVersion property.

using Microsoft.Data.SqlClient;

namespace SqlConnection1CS
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main()
        {
            string connectionString =
                "Persist Security Info=False;Integrated Security=SSPI;database=Northwind;server=(local)";
            CreateSqlConnection(connectionString);
            Console.ReadLine();
        }
        private static void CreateSqlConnection(string connectionString)
        {
            using (SqlConnection connection = new SqlConnection(connectionString))
            {
                connection.Open();
                Console.WriteLine("ServerVersion: {0}", connection.ServerVersion);
                Console.WriteLine("State: {0}", connection.State);
            }
        }
    }
}

Remarks

The version is of the form ##.##.####, where the first two digits are the major version, the next two digits are the minor version, and the last four digits are the release version. The string is of the form major.minor.build, where major and minor are exactly two digits and build is exactly four digits.

ServerVersion was called while the returned Task was not completed and the connection was not opened after a call to OpenAsync.