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SqlConnection.Credential Property

.NET Framework 4.5

Gets or sets the SqlCredential object for this connection.

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

[BrowsableAttribute(false)]
public SqlCredential Credential { get; set; }

Property Value

Type: System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCredential
The SqlCredential object for this connection.

Remarks

Persist Security Info = true is required to get the value of the SqlCredential object with Credential.

The default value of Credential is null.

An InvalidOperationException exception will be raised:

If Credential is set on an open connection.
If Credential is set when Context Connection=true.
If Credential is set when Integrated Security = true.
If Credential is set when the connection string uses Password.
If Credential is set when the connection string uses UserID.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4.5

Platforms

Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core Role not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)

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

Reference

SqlConnection Class

System.Data.SqlClient Namespace

Other Resources

ADO.NET Managed Providers and DataSet Developer Center

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