DbProviderFactories.GetFactory Method (String) (System.Data.Common)

GetFactory Method (String)

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DbProviderFactories..::.GetFactory Method (String)

Returns an instance of a DbProviderFactory.

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

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)

Public Shared Function GetFactory ( _
    providerInvariantName As String _
) As DbProviderFactory

Visual Basic (Usage)

Dim providerInvariantName As String
Dim returnValue As DbProviderFactory

returnValue = DbProviderFactories.GetFactory(providerInvariantName)

public static DbProviderFactory GetFactory(
    string providerInvariantName
)

Visual C++

public:
static DbProviderFactory^ GetFactory(
    String^ providerInvariantName
)

JScript

public static function GetFactory(
    providerInvariantName : String
) : DbProviderFactory

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.

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98

The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0

Reference

DbProviderFactories Class

DbProviderFactories Members

GetFactory Overload

System.Data.Common Namespace

Other Resources

DbProviderFactories (ADO.NET)