Public Constructors
 OdbcConnection Constructor |
Overloaded. Initializes a new instance of the OdbcConnection class. |
Public Properties
 ConnectionString |
Gets or sets the string used to open a data source. |
| ConnectionTimeout |
Gets or sets the time to wait while trying to establish a connection before terminating the attempt and generating an error. |
| Container (inherited from Component) |
Gets the IContainer that contains the Component. |
| Database |
Gets the name of the current database or the database to be used after a connection is opened. |
| DataSource |
Gets the server name or file name of the data source. |
| Driver |
Gets the name of the ODBC driver specified for the current connection. |
| ServerVersion |
Gets a string containing the version of the server to which the client is connected. |
| Site (inherited from Component) |
Gets or sets the ISite of the Component. |
| State |
Gets the current state of the connection. |
Public Methods
| BeginTransaction |
Overloaded. Begins a transaction at the data source. |
| ChangeDatabase |
Changes the current database associated with an open OdbcConnection. |
| Close |
Closes the connection to the data source. This is the preferred method of closing any open connection. |
| CreateCommand |
Creates and returns an OdbcCommand object associated with the OdbcConnection. |
| CreateObjRef (inherited from MarshalByRefObject) |
Creates an object that contains all the relevant information required to generate a proxy used to communicate with a remote object. |
| Dispose (inherited from Component) |
Overloaded. Releases the resources used by the Component. |
| EnlistDistributedTransaction |
Enlists in the specified transaction as a distributed transaction. |
| Equals (inherited from Object) |
Overloaded. Determines whether two Object instances are equal. |
| GetHashCode (inherited from Object) |
Serves as a hash function for a particular type, suitable for use in hashing algorithms and data structures like a hash table. |
| GetLifetimeService (inherited from MarshalByRefObject) |
Retrieves the current lifetime service object that controls the lifetime policy for this instance. |
| GetType (inherited from Object) |
Gets the Type of the current instance. |
| InitializeLifetimeService (inherited from MarshalByRefObject) |
Obtains a lifetime service object to control the lifetime policy for this instance. |
| Open |
Opens a connection to a data source with the property settings specified by the ConnectionString. |
 ReleaseObjectPool |
Indicates that the ODBC Driver Manager environment handle can be released when the last underlying connection is released. |
| ToString (inherited from Object) |
Returns a String that represents the current Object. |
Public Events
 Disposed (inherited from Component) |
Adds an event handler to listen to the Disposed event on the component. |
| InfoMessage |
Occurs when the ODBC driver sends a warning or an informational message. |
| StateChange |
Occurs when the state of the connection changes. |
Protected Properties
 DesignMode (inherited from Component) |
Gets a value that indicates whether the Component is currently in design mode. |
| Events (inherited from Component) |
Gets the list of event handlers that are attached to this Component. |
Protected Methods
 Dispose |
Overloaded. Overridden. Releases the resources used by the OdbcConnection. |
| Finalize (inherited from Component) |
Overridden. Releases unmanaged resources and performs other cleanup operations before the Component is reclaimed by garbage collection.
In C# and C++, finalizers are expressed using destructor syntax. |
| GetService (inherited from Component) |
Returns an object that represents a service provided by the Component or by its Container. |
| MemberwiseClone (inherited from Object) |
Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. |