DbProviderFactory Class (System.Data.Common)

DbProviderFactory Class

.NET Framework Class Library

DbProviderFactory Class

Represents a set of methods for creating instances of a provider's implementation of the data source classes.

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

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)

Public MustInherit Class DbProviderFactory

Visual Basic (Usage)

Dim instance As DbProviderFactory

public abstract class DbProviderFactory

Visual C++

public ref class DbProviderFactory abstract

JScript

public abstract class DbProviderFactory

Inheritance Hierarchy

System..::.Object
  System.Data.Common..::.DbProviderFactory
    System.Data.Odbc..::.OdbcFactory
    System.Data.OleDb..::.OleDbFactory
    System.Data.OracleClient..::.OracleClientFactory
    System.Data.SqlClient..::.SqlClientFactory

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

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

DbProviderFactory Members

System.Data.Common Namespace

Other Resources

DbProviderFactories (ADO.NET)