DbConnection.GetSchema Method (String)

.NET Framework (current version)

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Returns schema information for the data source of this DbConnection using the specified string for the schema name.

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

Syntax

Public Overridable Function GetSchema (
	collectionName As String
) As DataTable

collectionName: Type: System.String
Specifies the name of the schema to return.

A DataTable that contains schema information.

Exception	Condition
ArgumentException	collectionName is specified as null.

If the connection is associated with a transaction, executing GetSchema calls may cause some providers to throw an exception.

.NET Framework
Available since 2.0