State Property (PgSqlConnection)

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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 PgSqlConnection object.
From Open to Closed, using either the Close method or the System.ComponentModel.Component.Dispose() method of the PgSqlConnection object.

Example

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

csharp

public void CreatePgSqlConnection()
{
  PgSqlConnection pgConnection = new PgSqlConnection();
  pgConnection.ConnectionString = 
      "host=server;database=test;user id=postgres;";
  pgConnection.Open();
  MessageBox.Show("Connection State: " + pgConnection.State.ToString());
  pgConnection.Close();
}

Visual Basic

Public Sub CreatePgSqlConnection()
  Dim pgConnection As New PgSqlConnection()
  pgConnection.ConnectionString = _
      "host=server;database=test;user id=postgres;"
  pgConnection.Open()
  MessageBox.Show("Connection State: " + pgConnection.State.ToString())
  pgConnection.Close()
End Sub

Reference

PgSqlConnection Class
PgSqlConnection Members
ConnectionString Property

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