State Property (OracleConnection)

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Gets the current state of the connection.

Syntax

Visual Basic
C#


'Declaration Public Shadows Property State As ConnectionState


public new ConnectionState State {get; set;}

Property Value

A bitwise combination of the System.Data.ConnectionState values. The default value is Closed.

Remarks

The allowed state changes are:

From Closed to Open, using the Open() method of the OracleConnection object.
From Open to Closed, using either the Close method or the Dispose() method of the OracleConnection object.

Example

The following example creates an instance of a derived class, OracleConnection, sets its ConnectionString, and displays its State.

csharp


public void CreateOracleConnection() { OracleConnection myConnection = new OracleConnection(); myConnection.ConnectionString = "User Id=Scott;Password=tiger;Data Source=Ora;"; myConnection.Open(); MessageBox.Show("Connection State: " + myConnection.State.ToString()); myConnection.Close(); }

public void CreateOracleConnection()
{
  OracleConnection myConnection = new OracleConnection();
  myConnection.ConnectionString = 
      "User Id=Scott;Password=tiger;Data Source=Ora;";
  myConnection.Open();
  MessageBox.Show("Connection State: " + myConnection.State.ToString());
  myConnection.Close();
}

Visual Basic


Public Sub CreateOracleConnection() Dim myConnection As New OracleConnection() myConnection.ConnectionString = _ "User Id=Scott;Password=tiger;Data Source=Ora;" myConnection.Open() MessageBox.Show("Connection State: " + myConnection.State.ToString()) myConnection.Close() End Sub

Public Sub CreateOracleConnection()
  Dim myConnection As New OracleConnection()
  myConnection.ConnectionString = _
      "User Id=Scott;Password=tiger;Data Source=Ora;"
  myConnection.Open()
  MessageBox.Show("Connection State: " + myConnection.State.ToString())
  myConnection.Close()
End Sub

Reference

OracleConnection Class
OracleConnection Members
ConnectionString Property

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