DbConnection.GetSchema Method

Definition

Returns schema information for the data source of this DbConnection.

Overloads

GetSchema()

Returns schema information for the data source of this DbConnection.

GetSchema(String)

Returns schema information for the data source of this DbConnection using the specified string for the schema name.

GetSchema(String, String[])

Returns schema information for the data source of this DbConnection using the specified string for the schema name and the specified string array for the restriction values.

Remarks

If the connection is associated with a transaction, executing GetSchema calls may cause some providers to throw an exception.

GetSchema()

Returns schema information for the data source of this DbConnection.

public:
 virtual System::Data::DataTable ^ GetSchema();
public virtual System.Data.DataTable GetSchema ();
abstract member GetSchema : unit -> System.Data.DataTable
override this.GetSchema : unit -> System.Data.DataTable
Public Overridable Function GetSchema () As DataTable

Returns

A DataTable that contains schema information.

Remarks

If the connection is associated with a transaction, executing GetSchema calls may cause some providers to throw an exception.

See also

Applies to

GetSchema(String)

Returns schema information for the data source of this DbConnection using the specified string for the schema name.

public:
 virtual System::Data::DataTable ^ GetSchema(System::String ^ collectionName);
public virtual System.Data.DataTable GetSchema (string collectionName);
abstract member GetSchema : string -> System.Data.DataTable
override this.GetSchema : string -> System.Data.DataTable
Public Overridable Function GetSchema (collectionName As String) As DataTable

Parameters

collectionName
String

Specifies the name of the schema to return.

Returns

A DataTable that contains schema information.

Exceptions

collectionName is specified as null.

Remarks

If the connection is associated with a transaction, executing GetSchema calls may cause some providers to throw an exception.

See also

Applies to

GetSchema(String, String[])

Returns schema information for the data source of this DbConnection using the specified string for the schema name and the specified string array for the restriction values.

public:
 virtual System::Data::DataTable ^ GetSchema(System::String ^ collectionName, cli::array <System::String ^> ^ restrictionValues);
public virtual System.Data.DataTable GetSchema (string collectionName, string?[] restrictionValues);
public virtual System.Data.DataTable GetSchema (string collectionName, string[] restrictionValues);
abstract member GetSchema : string * string[] -> System.Data.DataTable
override this.GetSchema : string * string[] -> System.Data.DataTable
Public Overridable Function GetSchema (collectionName As String, restrictionValues As String()) As DataTable

Parameters

collectionName
String

Specifies the name of the schema to return.

restrictionValues
String[]

Specifies a set of restriction values for the requested schema.

Returns

A DataTable that contains schema information.

Exceptions

collectionName is specified as null.

Remarks

The restrictionValues parameter can supply n depth of values, which are specified by the restrictions collection for a specific collection. In order to set values on a given restriction, and not set the values of other restrictions, you need to set the preceding restrictions to null and then put the appropriate value in for the restriction that you would like to specify a value for.

An example of this is the "Tables" collection. If the "Tables" collection has three restrictions (database, owner, and table name) and you want to get back only the tables associated with the owner "Carl", you must pass in the following values at least: null, "Carl". If a restriction value is not passed in, the default values are used for that restriction. This is the same mapping as passing in null, which is different from passing in an empty string for the parameter value. In that case, the empty string ("") is considered to be the value for the specified parameter.

If the connection is associated with a transaction, executing GetSchema calls may cause some providers to throw an exception.

See also

Applies to