| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
 | ConnectionString | Overridden. Gets or sets the string used to open a server connection. |
| ConnectionTimeout | Overridden. Gets or sets the time to wait while trying to establish a connection before terminating the attempt and generating an error. |
| Container | Gets the System.ComponentModel.IContainer that contains the System.ComponentModel.Component. (Inherited from System.ComponentModel.Component) |
| Database | Overridden. Gets or sets the name of the current database or the database to be used once a connection is open. |
| DataSource | Overridden. Gets or sets name of the server to which to connect. |
| InDistributedTransaction | Indicates whether the connection is enlisted in a distributed transaction. |
| Name | Gets or sets name of the component. |
| Owner | Gets or sets a form or other container that the DbConnectionBase instance belongs to. |
| ServerVersion | Overridden. Gets a string containing the version of the instance of the server to which the client is connected. |
| Site | Gets or sets the System.ComponentModel.ISite of the System.ComponentModel.Component. (Inherited from System.ComponentModel.Component) |
| State | Overridden. Gets the current state of the connection. |
DbConnectionBase Class Members
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The following tables list the members exposed by DbConnectionBase.
Public Properties
Public Methods
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
 | BeginOpen | Starts an asynchronous invocation of an Open method. |
| BeginTransaction | Overloaded. Starts a database transaction. (Inherited from System.Data.Common.DbConnection) |
| ChangeDatabase | Overridden. Changes the current database associated with an open DbConnectionBase. |
| Close | Overridden. Closes the connection to the database. This is the preferred method of closing any open connection. |
| CreateCommand | Creates and returns a System.Data.Common.DbCommand object associated with the current connection. (Inherited from System.Data.Common.DbConnection) |
| CreateObjRef | Creates an object that contains all the relevant information required to generate a proxy used to communicate with a remote object. (Inherited from System.MarshalByRefObject) |
| Dispose() | Releases all resources used by the System.ComponentModel.Component. (Inherited from System.ComponentModel.Component) |
| EndOpen | Ends an asynchronous invocation of the Open method. |
| EnlistTransaction | Overridden. Enlists in the specified transaction. |
| GetLifetimeService | Retrieves the current lifetime service object that controls the lifetime policy for this instance. (Inherited from System.MarshalByRefObject) |
| GetSchema | Overloaded. Overridden. Provides information about server schema objects. |
| InitializeLifetimeService | Obtains a lifetime service object to control the lifetime policy for this instance. (Inherited from System.MarshalByRefObject) |
| Open | Overridden. Opens a data source connection with the property settings specified by the ConnectionString. |
| ToString | Returns a System.String containing the name of the System.ComponentModel.Component, if any. This method should not be overridden. (Inherited from System.ComponentModel.Component) |
Public Events
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
 | Disposed | Occurs when the component is disposed by a call to the System.ComponentModel.Component.Dispose method. (Inherited from System.ComponentModel.Component) |
| StateChange | Occurs when the state of the connection changes. |
| TransactionStateChanged | Occurs when the state of the transaction is changed. |
| TransactionStateChanging | Occurs when the state of the transaction is changing. |
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