SqlConnectionStringBuilder.TryGetValue(String, Object) Method

Definition

Retrieves a value corresponding to the supplied key from this SqlConnectionStringBuilder.

public override bool TryGetValue (string keyword, out object value);

Parameters

keyword
String

The key of the item to retrieve.

value
Object

The value corresponding to keyword.

Returns

true if keyword was found within the connection string; otherwise, false.

Exceptions

keyword contains a null value (Nothing in Visual Basic).

Examples

The following example demonstrates the behavior of the TryGetValue method.

using System.Data.SqlClient;

using System;
using System.Data.SqlClient;

class Program
{
    static void Main()
    {
        SqlConnectionStringBuilder builder = new SqlConnectionStringBuilder();
        builder.ConnectionString = GetConnectionString();

        // Call TryGetValue method for multiple
        // key names. Note that these keys are converted
        // to well-known synonynms for data retrieval.
        DisplayValue(builder, "Data Source");
        DisplayValue(builder, "Trusted_Connection");
        DisplayValue(builder, "InvalidKey");
        DisplayValue(builder, null);

        Console.WriteLine("Press any key to continue.");
        Console.ReadLine();
    }

    private static void DisplayValue(
        SqlConnectionStringBuilder builder, string key)
    {
        object value = null;

        // Although TryGetValue handles missing keys,
        // it doesn't handle passing in a null
        // key. This example traps for that particular error, but
        // passes any other unknown exceptions back out to the
        // caller.
        try
        {
            if (builder.TryGetValue(key, out value))
            {
                Console.WriteLine("{0}='{1}'", key, value);
            }
            else
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Unable to retrieve value for '{0}'", key);
            }
        }
        catch (ArgumentNullException)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Unable to retrieve value for null key.");
        }
    }

    private static string GetConnectionString()
    {
        // To avoid storing the connection string in your code,
        // you can retrieve it from a configuration file.
        return "Server=(local);Integrated Security=SSPI;" +
            "Initial Catalog=AdventureWorks";
    }
}

The sample displays the following results:

Data Source=(local)
Trusted_Connection=True
Unable to retrieve value for 'InvalidKey'
Unable to retrieve value for null key.

Remarks

The TryGetValue method lets developers safely retrieve a value from a SqlConnectionStringBuilder without needing to verify that the supplied key name is a valid key name. Because TryGetValue does not raise an exception when you call it, passing in a nonexistent key, you do not have to look for a key before retrieving its value. Calling TryGetValue with a nonexistent key will place the value null (Nothing in Visual Basic) in the value parameter.

Applies to

Produkt Versions
.NET Core 1.0, Core 1.1, 6 (package-provided), 8 (package-provided)
.NET Framework 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7 (package-provided), 4.7, 4.7.1 (package-provided), 4.7.1, 4.7.2 (package-provided), 4.7.2, 4.8 (package-provided), 4.8, 4.8.1
.NET Standard 2.0 (package-provided)

See also