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ConnectionInfo.ConnectionType Property

Returns the name of the connection manager used to create the connection. This value is read-only.

Namespace:  Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime
Assembly:  Microsoft.SqlServer.ManagedDTS (in Microsoft.SqlServer.ManagedDTS.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public ReadOnly Property ConnectionType As String
    Get
'Usage
Dim instance As ConnectionInfo
Dim value As String

value = instance.ConnectionType

public string ConnectionType { get; }

public:
property String^ ConnectionType {
    String^ get ();
}

member ConnectionType : string

function get ConnectionType () : String

Property Value

Type: System.String
A String that contains the name of the connection manager used to create the connection.

Remarks

Integration Services includes many connection manager types. The following is a partial list:

  • ADO, the connection manager for ActiveX Data Objects (ADO)

  • ADO.NET, the connection manager for ADO.NET

  • FILE, the connection manager for files

For a complete list of connection managers included with Integration Services and their associated names, see Adding Connections Programmatically.

Examples

The following code example creates an Application object, iterates through the default connections on the computer and then lists the properties of each connection. In this example, the ConnectionType is shown as "FILE".

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime;

namespace ConnInfoTest
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            Application dtsApplication = new Application();
            ConnectionInfos connectionInfos = dtsApplication.ConnectionInfos;

            foreach (ConnectionInfo connInfo in connectionInfos)
            {
                Console.WriteLine(connInfo.ConnectionContact);
                Console.WriteLine(connInfo.ConnectionType);
                Console.WriteLine(connInfo.CreationName);
                Console.WriteLine(connInfo.Description);
                Console.WriteLine(connInfo.FileName);
                //Console.WriteLine(connInfo.FileNameVersionString);
                Console.WriteLine(connInfo.IconFile);
                Console.WriteLine(connInfo.IconResource);
                Console.WriteLine(connInfo.ID);
                Console.WriteLine(connInfo.Name);
                Console.WriteLine(connInfo.UITypeName);
            }
        }
    }
}

Imports System
Imports System.Collections.Generic
Imports System.Text
Imports Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime
 
Namespace ConnInfoTest
    Class Program
        Shared  Sub Main(ByVal args() As String)
            Dim dtsApplication As Application =  New Application() 
            Dim connectionInfos As ConnectionInfos =  dtsApplication.ConnectionInfos 
 
            Dim connInfo As ConnectionInfo
            For Each connInfo In connectionInfos
                Console.WriteLine(connInfo.ConnectionContact)
                Console.WriteLine(connInfo.ConnectionType)
                Console.WriteLine(connInfo.CreationName)
                Console.WriteLine(connInfo.Description)
                Console.WriteLine(connInfo.FileName)
                'Console.WriteLine(connInfo.FileNameVersionString)
                Console.WriteLine(connInfo.IconFile)
                Console.WriteLine(connInfo.IconResource)
                Console.WriteLine(connInfo.ID)
                Console.WriteLine(connInfo.Name)
                Console.WriteLine(connInfo.UITypeName)
            Next
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace

Sample Output:

Microsoft Corporation

FILE

DTS.ConnectionManagerFile.2

Connection Manager for Files

C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\DTS\Binn\DtsConn.dll

C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\DTS\Binn\DtsConn.dll

0

{41F5EFE4-E91A-4EB0-BF10-D40FD48B3C03}

DTS Connection Manager for Files

Microsoft.DataTransformationServices.Design.SingleFileConnectionManagerUI,

Microsoft.DataTransformationServices.Design, Version=10.0.000.0,

Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=89845dcd8080cc91