DbProviderFactories.GetFactoryClasses Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.Data.Common

Assembly:

System.Data.Common.dll

Source:

DbProviderFactories.cs

Returns a DataTable that contains information about all installed providers that implement DbProviderFactory.

public:
 static System::Data::DataTable ^ GetFactoryClasses();

public static System.Data.DataTable GetFactoryClasses ();

static member GetFactoryClasses : unit -> System.Data.DataTable

Public Shared Function GetFactoryClasses () As DataTable

Returns

DataTable

A DataTable containing DataRow objects that contain the following data:

Column ordinal	Column name	Description
0	**Name**	Human-readable name for the data provider.
1	**Description**	Human-readable description of the data provider.
2	**InvariantName**	Name that can be used programmatically to refer to the data provider.
3	**AssemblyQualifiedName**	Fully qualified name of the factory class, which contains enough information to instantiate the object.

See also

• DbProviderFactories (ADO.NET)
• ADO.NET Overview