Closes the connection to the data source. This is the preferred method of closing any open connection.

[Visual Basic]
Public Overridable Sub Close() Implements IDbConnection.Close
[C#]
public virtual void Close();
[C++]
public: virtual void Close();
[JScript]
public function Close();

Implements

IDbConnection.Close

Remarks

The Close method rolls back any pending transactions and then releases the connection. If Close is called while handling a StateChange event, no additional StateChange events are fired.

An application can call Close more than one time. No exception is generated.

Requirements

Platforms: .NET Compact Framework

.NET Framework Security: 

• Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries From Partially Trusted Code

See Also

SqlCeConnection Class | SqlCeConnection Members | System.Data.SqlServerCe Namespace | Open