SqlFunctions.HostName Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.Data.Objects.SqlClient

Assembly:

System.Data.Entity.dll

Returns the workstation name.

public:
 static System::String ^ HostName();

[System.Data.Objects.DataClasses.EdmFunction("SqlServer", "HOST_NAME")]
public static string HostName ();

[<System.Data.Objects.DataClasses.EdmFunction("SqlServer", "HOST_NAME")>]
static member HostName : unit -> string

Public Shared Function HostName () As String

Returns

String

The name of the workstation.

Attributes

EdmFunctionAttribute

Remarks

You cannot call this function directly. This function can only appear within a LINQ to Entities query.

This function is translated to a corresponding function in the database. For information about the corresponding SQL Server function, see HOSTNAME (Transact-SQL).