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05/23/2011

DataSourceDefinition Class

Represents a data source definition in the Report Server database.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
ReportService2005.DataSourceDefinitionOrReference
ReportService2005.DataSourceDefinition

Namespace: ReportService2005
Assembly: ReportService2005 (in ReportService2005.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<SerializableAttribute> _
Public Class DataSourceDefinition _
    Inherits DataSourceDefinitionOrReference
'Usage
Dim instance As DataSourceDefinition

[SerializableAttribute]
public class DataSourceDefinition : DataSourceDefinitionOrReference

[SerializableAttribute]
public ref class DataSourceDefinition : public DataSourceDefinitionOrReference

[<SerializableAttribute>]
type DataSourceDefinition =  
    class
        inherit DataSourceDefinitionOrReference
    end

public class DataSourceDefinition extends DataSourceDefinitionOrReference

The DataSourceDefinition type exposes the following members.

Constructors

	Name	Description
	DataSourceDefinition	Initializes a new instance of the DataSourceDefinition class.

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Properties

	Name	Description
	ConnectString	Gets or sets the connection string for a data source.
	CredentialRetrieval	Indicates the way in which the Report Server retrieves data source credentials.
	Enabled	Indicates whether a data source is enabled.
	EnabledSpecified	Gets or sets a value that indicates whether the Enabled property is specified.
	Extension	Gets or sets the name of the data source extension: SQL, OLEDB, ODBC, or a custom extension.
	ImpersonateUser	Indicates whether the report server attempts to impersonate a user by using stored credentials after a data processing extension has established an authenticated connection to a data source.
	ImpersonateUserSpecified	Gets or sets a value that indicates whether the ImpersonateUser property is specified.
	OriginalConnectStringExpressionBased	Indicates whether the original connection string for the data source was expression-based. Read-only.
	Password	Gets or sets the password that the report server uses to connect to a data source.
	Prompt	Gets or sets the prompt that the report server displays to the user when prompting for credentials.
	UseOriginalConnectString	Specifies whether the data source should revert to the original connection string.
	UserName	Gets or sets the user name that the report server uses to connect to a data source.
	WindowsCredentials	Indicates whether the Report Server passes user-provided or stored credentials as Windows credentials when connecting to a data source.

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Methods

	Name	Description
	Equals	(Inherited from Object.)
	Finalize	(Inherited from Object.)
	GetHashCode	(Inherited from Object.)
	GetType	(Inherited from Object.)
	MemberwiseClone	(Inherited from Object.)
	ToString	(Inherited from Object.)

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Remarks

Use the DataSourceDefinition class with the Item property of the DataSource class.

A DataSourceDefinition object is returned as output by the GetDataSourceContents method and is passed as input to the CreateDataSource and SetDataSourceContents methods.

The DataSourceDefinition class is used for both embedded and shared data sources.

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

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