SqlConnectionStringBuilder.Remove(String) Method

public:
 override bool Remove(System::String ^ keyword);

public override bool Remove (string keyword);

override this.Remove : string -> bool

Public Overrides Function Remove (keyword As String) As Boolean

Parameters

Returns

true if the key existed within the connection string and was removed; false if the key did not exist.

Exceptions

Examples

The following example converts an existing connection string from using Windows Authentication to using integrated security. The example works by removing the user name and password from the connection string, and then setting the IntegratedSecurity property of the SqlConnectionStringBuilder object.

using System.Data.SqlClient;

class Program
{
    static void Main()
    {
        try
        {
            string connectString =
                "Data Source=(local);User ID=ab;Password= a1Pass@@11;" +
                "Initial Catalog=AdventureWorks";

            SqlConnectionStringBuilder builder = new SqlConnectionStringBuilder(connectString);
            Console.WriteLine("Original: " + builder.ConnectionString);

            // Use the Remove method
            // in order to reset the user ID and password back to their
            // default (empty string) values.
            builder.Remove("User ID");
            builder.Remove("Password");

            // Turn on integrated security:
            builder.IntegratedSecurity = true;

            Console.WriteLine("Modified: " + builder.ConnectionString);

            using (SqlConnection
                       connection = new SqlConnection(builder.ConnectionString))
            {
                connection.Open();
                // Now use the open connection.
                Console.WriteLine("Database = " + connection.Database);
            }
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            Console.WriteLine(ex.Message);
        }

        Console.WriteLine("Press any key to finish.");
        Console.ReadLine();
    }
}

Imports System.Data.SqlClient
    
Module Module1
  Sub Main()
    Try
      Dim connectString As String = _
       "Data Source=(local);User ID=ab;Password=a1Pass@@11;" & _
       "Initial Catalog=AdventureWorks"

      Dim builder As New SqlConnectionStringBuilder(connectString)
      Console.WriteLine("Original: " & builder.ConnectionString)

      ' Use the Remove method
      ' in order to reset the user ID and password back to their
      ' default (empty string) values.
      builder.Remove("User ID")
      builder.Remove("Password")

      ' Turn on integrated security:
      builder.IntegratedSecurity = True

      Console.WriteLine("Modified: " & builder.ConnectionString)

      Using connection As New SqlConnection(builder.ConnectionString)
        connection.Open()
        ' Now use the open connection.
        Console.WriteLine("Database = " & connection.Database)
      End Using

    Catch ex As Exception
      Console.WriteLine(ex.Message)
    End Try

    Console.WriteLine("Press any key to finish.")
    Console.ReadLine()
  End Sub
End Module

The example displays the following text in the console window:

Original: Data Source=(local);Initial Catalog=AdventureWorks;User ID=ab;Password= a1Pass@@11
Modified: Data Source=(local);Initial Catalog=AdventureWorks;Integrated Security=True
Database = AdventureWorks

Remarks

Because the Remove method returns a value that indicates its success, it is not required to look for a key before trying to remove the key/value pair from the SqlConnectionStringBuilder instance. Because the SqlConnectionStringBuilder maintains a fixed-size collection of key/value pairs, calling the Remove method simply resets the value of the key/value pair back to its default value.

Because the collection of keys supported by the SqlConnectionStringBuilder is fixed, every item within the collection has a known default value. The following table lists the keys, and the value for each when the SqlConnectionStringBuilder is first initialized, or after the Remove method has been called.

Applies to

See also

• Connection Strings in ADO.NET
• ADO.NET Overview