Server.GetActiveDBConnectionCount Method

Returns the number of active connections for the specified database.

Namespace:  Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo
Assembly:  Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo (in Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Function GetActiveDBConnectionCount ( _
    dbName As String _
) As Integer
'Usage
Dim instance As Server 
Dim dbName As String 
Dim returnValue As Integer 

returnValue = instance.GetActiveDBConnectionCount(dbName)

public int GetActiveDBConnectionCount(
    string dbName
)

public:
int GetActiveDBConnectionCount(
    String^ dbName
)

member GetActiveDBConnectionCount : 
        dbName:string -> int

public function GetActiveDBConnectionCount(
    dbName : String
) : int

Parameters

• dbName
  Type: System.String
  A String value that specifies the name of the database.

Return Value

Type: System.Int32
An Int32 value that specifies the number of active connections for the specified database.

Remarks

This method returns the number of active connections to a database. By iterating through all the databases on the instance of SQL Server, you can determine the total number of connections to databases on the instance of SQL Server.

Examples

Visual Basic

'Connect to the local, default instance of SQL Server.
Dim srv As Server
srv = New Server()

'Display the number active connections to the database.
Console.WriteLine(srv.GetActiveDBConnectionCount("AdventureWorks2012"))

PowerShell

$srv = new-Object Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Server("(local)")

Write-Host $srv.GetActiveDBConnectionCount("AdventureWorks2012")

See Also

Reference

Server Class

Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo Namespace

Other Resources

Calling Methods

Managing Servers