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DbProviderFactories.GetFactory Method (String)

.NET Framework 4

Returns an instance of a DbProviderFactory.

Namespace: System.Data.Common
Assembly: System.Data (in System.Data.dll)

public static DbProviderFactory GetFactory(
	string providerInvariantName
)

Parameters

providerInvariantName: Type: System.String
Invariant name of a provider.

Return Value

Type: System.Data.Common.DbProviderFactory
An instance of a DbProviderFactory for a specified provider name.

Remarks

The providerInvariantName parameter corresponds to the InvariantName column of a table returned by GetFactoryClasses.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Platforms

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.

Reference

DbProviderFactories Class

GetFactory Overload

System.Data.Common Namespace

Other Resources

DbProviderFactories (ADO.NET)

ADO.NET Managed Providers and DataSet Developer Center

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