AccessDataSource.ProviderName Property
Definition
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Gets the name of the .NET data provider that the AccessDataSource control uses to connect to a Microsoft Access database.
public:
virtual property System::String ^ ProviderName { System::String ^ get(); void set(System::String ^ value); };
[System.ComponentModel.Browsable(false)]
public override string ProviderName { get; set; }
[<System.ComponentModel.Browsable(false)>]
member this.ProviderName : string with get, set
Public Overrides Property ProviderName As String
Property Value
The string "System.Data.OleDb".
- Attributes
Exceptions
An attempt was made to set the ProviderName property.
Examples
The following code example demonstrates how to display the ProviderName property of the AccessDataSource control in a Web Forms page.
<%@ Page Language="C#" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script runat="server">
private void Page_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e) {
Label1.Text = AccessDataSource1.ProviderName;
}
</script>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
<title>ASP.NET Example</title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<asp:AccessDataSource
id="AccessDataSource1"
runat="server"
DataFile="Northwind.mdb">
</asp:AccessDataSource>
<asp:Label
id="Label1"
runat="server">
</asp:Label>
</form>
</body>
</html>
<%@ Page Language="VB" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<script runat="server">
Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
Label1.Text = AccessDataSource1.ProviderName
End Sub 'Page_Load
</script>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
<title>ASP.NET Example</title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<asp:AccessDataSource
id="AccessDataSource1"
runat="server"
DataFile="Northwind.mdb">
</asp:AccessDataSource>
<asp:Label
id="Label1"
runat="server">
</asp:Label>
</form>
</body>
</html>
Remarks
While the AccessDataSource control exposes the ProviderName property because it is inherited from its base class, attempting to set the ProviderName property results in a NotSupportedException exception.