EntityConnection.DataSource Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Data.EntityClient

Assembly:

System.Data.Entity.dll

Gets the name or network address of the data source to connect to.

public:
 virtual property System::String ^ DataSource { System::String ^ get(); };

public override string DataSource { get; }

member this.DataSource : string

Public Overrides ReadOnly Property DataSource As String

Property Value

String

The name of the data source. The default value is an empty string.

Exceptions

InvalidOperationException

The underlying data provider is not known.

Remarks

For the specific keyword value, such as DataSource, that maps to the DataSource property, see the documentation for the underlying data provider. For SQL Server equivalent keywords, see the documentation for the SqlConnection.ConnectionString property.