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DbProviderFactory Class

.NET Framework 4

Represents a set of methods for creating instances of a provider's implementation of the data source classes.

System.Object
  System.Data.Common.DbProviderFactory
    System.Data.EntityClient.EntityProviderFactory
    System.Data.Odbc.OdbcFactory
    System.Data.OleDb.OleDbFactory
    System.Data.OracleClient.OracleClientFactory
    System.Data.SqlClient.SqlClientFactory

Namespace:  System.Data.Common
Assembly:  System.Data (in System.Data.dll)
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public abstract class DbProviderFactory

The DbProviderFactory type exposes the following members.

  Name Description
Protected method DbProviderFactory Initializes a new instance of a DbProviderFactory class.
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  Name Description
Public property CanCreateDataSourceEnumerator Specifies whether the specific DbProviderFactory supports the DbDataSourceEnumerator class.
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Public method CreateCommand Returns a new instance of the provider's class that implements the DbCommand class.
Public method CreateCommandBuilder Returns a new instance of the provider's class that implements the DbCommandBuilder class.
Public method CreateConnection Returns a new instance of the provider's class that implements the DbConnection class.
Public method CreateConnectionStringBuilder Returns a new instance of the provider's class that implements the DbConnectionStringBuilder class.
Public method CreateDataAdapter Returns a new instance of the provider's class that implements the DbDataAdapter class.
Public method CreateDataSourceEnumerator Returns a new instance of the provider's class that implements the DbDataSourceEnumerator class.
Public method CreateParameter Returns a new instance of the provider's class that implements the DbParameter class.
Public method CreatePermission Returns a new instance of the provider's class that implements the provider's version of the CodeAccessPermission class.
Public method Equals(Object) Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method Finalize Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method GetHashCode Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method GetType Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method MemberwiseClone Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method ToString Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)
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.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.
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Factory can be registered in app/web.config
Add this to your config file to register a factory: $0$0 $0 $0 $0<system.data> <DbProviderFactories> <add name="Oracle Data Provider for .NET"   invariant="Oracle.DataAccess.Client"  description="Oracle Data Provider for .NET"  type="Oracle.DataAccess.Client.OracleClientFactory, Oracle.DataAccess, Version=4.112.2.30, PublicKeyToken=89b483f429c47342" /> </DbProviderFactories> </system.data>$0 $0
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Certain applications (such as SQL Integration Services) require that the implementation of this class be a singleton with the single instance being named 'Instance' with a type of DbProviderFactory. $0$0 $0 $0Please see the following article to see how to implement a singleton in C#:$0 $0http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff650316.aspx $0
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Example
var factory = DbProviderFactories.GetFactory("iAnywhere.Data.SQLAnywhere");
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