WebTest.AddDataSource Method (String, String, DataBindingAccessMethod, array<String )

Adds a data source to the data collection that is contained by the Web performance test.

Namespace:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.WebTesting
Assembly:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.QualityTools.WebTestFramework (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.QualityTools.WebTestFramework.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Overridable Sub AddDataSource ( _
    dataSourceName As String, _
    connectionString As String, _
    accessMethod As DataBindingAccessMethod, _
    ParamArray tableNames As String() _
)

public virtual void AddDataSource(
    string dataSourceName,
    string connectionString,
    DataBindingAccessMethod accessMethod,
    params string[] tableNames
)

public:
virtual void AddDataSource(
    String^ dataSourceName, 
    String^ connectionString, 
    DataBindingAccessMethod accessMethod, 
    ... array<String^>^ tableNames
)

abstract AddDataSource : 
        dataSourceName:string * 
        connectionString:string * 
        accessMethod:DataBindingAccessMethod * 
        tableNames:string[] -> unit  
override AddDataSource : 
        dataSourceName:string * 
        connectionString:string * 
        accessMethod:DataBindingAccessMethod * 
        tableNames:string[] -> unit

public function AddDataSource(
    dataSourceName : String, 
    connectionString : String, 
    accessMethod : DataBindingAccessMethod, 
    ... tableNames : String[]
)

Parameters

• dataSourceName
  Type: String

  The name of the data source.

• connectionString
  Type: String

  The provider-dependent connection string for the data source.

• accessMethod
  Type: Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.WebTesting.DataBindingAccessMethod

  The access method that is used to obtain information from the data source. This uses a DataBindingAccessMethod enumeration.

• tableNames
  Type: array<String[]

  Table names that are found in the data source that contains data to be accessed.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
WebTestException	dataSourceName already exists as a data source.

.NET Framework Security

• Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.

See Also

Reference

WebTest Class

AddDataSource Overload

Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.WebTesting Namespace

Other Resources

About Data Binding

How to: Add Data Binding to a Web Request