ConnectionInfo.ConnectionType Property
Returns the name of the connection manager used to create the connection. This value is read-only.
Namespace: Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime
Assembly: Microsoft.SqlServer.ManagedDTS (in Microsoft.SqlServer.ManagedDTS.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
Public ReadOnly Property ConnectionType As String
Get
'Usage
Dim instance As ConnectionInfo
Dim value As String
value = instance.ConnectionType
public string ConnectionType { get; }
public:
property String^ ConnectionType {
String^ get ();
}
member ConnectionType : string
function get ConnectionType () : String
Property Value
Type: System.String
A String that contains the name of the connection manager used to create the connection.
Remarks
Integration Services includes many connection manager types. The following is a partial list:
ADO, the connection manager for ActiveX Data Objects (ADO)
ADO.NET, the connection manager for ADO.NET
FILE, the connection manager for files
For a complete list of connection managers included with Integration Services and their associated names, see Adding Connections Programmatically.
Examples
The following code example creates an Application object, iterates through the default connections on the computer and then lists the properties of each connection. In this example, the ConnectionType is shown as "FILE".
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime;
namespace ConnInfoTest
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
Application dtsApplication = new Application();
ConnectionInfos connectionInfos = dtsApplication.ConnectionInfos;
foreach (ConnectionInfo connInfo in connectionInfos)
{
Console.WriteLine(connInfo.ConnectionContact);
Console.WriteLine(connInfo.ConnectionType);
Console.WriteLine(connInfo.CreationName);
Console.WriteLine(connInfo.Description);
Console.WriteLine(connInfo.FileName);
//Console.WriteLine(connInfo.FileNameVersionString);
Console.WriteLine(connInfo.IconFile);
Console.WriteLine(connInfo.IconResource);
Console.WriteLine(connInfo.ID);
Console.WriteLine(connInfo.Name);
Console.WriteLine(connInfo.UITypeName);
}
}
}
}
Imports System
Imports System.Collections.Generic
Imports System.Text
Imports Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime
Namespace ConnInfoTest
Class Program
Shared Sub Main(ByVal args() As String)
Dim dtsApplication As Application = New Application()
Dim connectionInfos As ConnectionInfos = dtsApplication.ConnectionInfos
Dim connInfo As ConnectionInfo
For Each connInfo In connectionInfos
Console.WriteLine(connInfo.ConnectionContact)
Console.WriteLine(connInfo.ConnectionType)
Console.WriteLine(connInfo.CreationName)
Console.WriteLine(connInfo.Description)
Console.WriteLine(connInfo.FileName)
'Console.WriteLine(connInfo.FileNameVersionString)
Console.WriteLine(connInfo.IconFile)
Console.WriteLine(connInfo.IconResource)
Console.WriteLine(connInfo.ID)
Console.WriteLine(connInfo.Name)
Console.WriteLine(connInfo.UITypeName)
Next
End Sub
End Class
End Namespace
Sample Output:
Microsoft Corporation
FILE
DTS.ConnectionManagerFile.1
Connection Manager for Files
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\DTS\Binn\DtsConn.dll
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\DTS\Binn\DtsConn.dll
0
{41F5EFE4-E91A-4EB0-BF10-D40FD48B3C03}
DTS Connection Manager for Files
Microsoft.DataTransformationServices.Design.SingleFileConnectionManagerUI,
Microsoft.DataTransformationServices.Design, Version=10.0.000.0,
Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=89845dcd8080cc91