Connection Property (DbDataTable)

In This Topic

Gets or sets the System.Data.IDbConnection used to connect to the data source.

Syntax

Visual Basic
C#

'Declaration
 
Public Property Connection As DbConnection

public DbConnection Connection {get; set;}

Property Value

An System.Data.IDbConnection object which provides a connection to the data source.

Remarks

This property is used by DeleteCommand, InsertCommand, SelectCommand, and UpdateCommand, in case when these properties do not have own created connection.

Example

This sample shows how to use DbDataTable. The routine accepts DbTable-compatible object, IDbCommand implementor object, and IDbConnection implementor object as parameters. After SQL query text has been set the data is retrieved from the table.

csharp

public void UseDataTable(DbDataTable myDataTable, DbCommand myCommand, DbConnection myConnection)
{
  myDataTable.Connection = myConnection;
  myCommand.CommandText = "SELECT * FROM Dept";
  myDataTable.SelectCommand = myCommand;
  try
  {
    myDataTable.Active = true;
    foreach(DataRow myRow in myDataTable.Rows)
    {
      foreach(DataColumn myCol in myDataTable.Columns)
      {
        Console.Write(myRow[myCol]+"\t");
      }
      Console.WriteLine();
    }
  }
  finally
  {
    myDataTable.Active = false;
  }
}

Visual Basic

Public Sub UseDataTable(ByVal myDataTable As DbDataTable, ByVal myCommand As DbCommand, ByVal myConnection As DbConnection)
  myDataTable.Connection = myConnection
  myCommand.CommandText = "SELECT * FROM Dept"
  myDataTable.SelectCommand = myCommand
  Try
    myDataTable.Active = True
    Dim myRow As DataRow
    Dim myCol As DataColumn
    For Each myRow In myDataTable.Rows
      For Each myCol In myDataTable.Columns
        Console.Write(myRow(myCol) & Chr(9))
      Next myCol
      Console.WriteLine()
    Next myRow
  Finally
    myDataTable.Active = False
  End Try
End Sub

Requirements

Target Platforms: Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

Reference

DbDataTable Class
DbDataTable Members

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