Database.Open(String) Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: WebMatrix.Data

Assembly:: WebMatrix.Data.dll

Package:: Microsoft.AspNet.WebPages.Data v3.2.6

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Opens a connection to a database using the specified file name or using the named connection string.

public static WebMatrix.Data.Database Open (string name);

static member Open : string -> WebMatrix.Data.Database

Public Shared Function Open (name As String) As Database

Parameters

name: String

The name associated with the database to open. name can specify an .sdf or .mdf database file that is in the App_Data folder. (Do not include the file-name extension.) Alternatively, name can specify the name of a connection string in the Web.config file.

Returns

Database

The database instance.

Applies to