Represents a connection to a database.
(in System.Data.dll)
Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public MustInherit Class DbConnection _
Inherits Component _
Implements IDbConnection, IDisposable
Dim instance As DbConnection
public abstract class DbConnection : Component,
IDbConnection, IDisposable
public ref class DbConnection abstract : public Component,
IDbConnection, IDisposable
public abstract class DbConnection extends Component implements IDbConnection, IDisposable
System..::.Object
System..::.MarshalByRefObject
System.ComponentModel..::.Component
System.Data.Common..::.DbConnection
System.Data.Odbc..::.OdbcConnection
System.Data.OleDb..::.OleDbConnection
System.Data.OracleClient..::.OracleConnection
System.Data.SqlClient..::.SqlConnection
Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.
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, Windows CE, Windows Mobile for Smartphone, Windows Mobile for Pocket PC, Xbox 360, Zune
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.
.NET Framework
Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0
.NET Compact Framework
Supported in: 3.5, 2.0
XNA Framework
Supported in: 3.0, 2.0, 1.0
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