DatabaseProvider Class

Represents the base class that needs to be implemented in order to manage a database.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
Microsoft.Web.Management.DatabaseManager.DatabaseProvider

Namespace: Microsoft.Web.Management.DatabaseManager
Assembly: Microsoft.Web.Management.DatabaseManager (in Microsoft.Web.Management.DatabaseManager.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public MustInherit Class DatabaseProvider _
    Implements IServiceProvider
'Usage
Dim instance As DatabaseProvider

public abstract class DatabaseProvider : IServiceProvider

public ref class DatabaseProvider abstract : IServiceProvider

public abstract class DatabaseProvider implements IServiceProvider

The DatabaseProvider type exposes the following members.

Constructors

Method Type	Name	Description
	DatabaseProvider	Creates a new instance of the DatabaseProvider class.

Properties

Property Type	Name	Description
	ConnectionStringArguments	Gets a collection that contains the collection of database connection arguments.

Methods

Method Type	Name	Description
	CalculateConnectionString	Returns the calculated connection string for the database provider.
	Equals	(Inherited from Object.)
	ExecuteQuery	Returns an array of query results after executing a database query.
	Finalize	(Inherited from Object.)
	GetDatabaseHostName	Returns the host name of the computer where the database in the connection string is located.
	GetDatabaseInfo	Returns database-specific information for the database provider.
	GetHashCode	(Inherited from Object.)
	GetServerTypes	Returns the list of supported server types for a database provider.
	GetService	Returns the service object for a database provider.
	GetType	(Inherited from Object.)
	MemberwiseClone	(Inherited from Object.)
	TestConnection	Tests a connection string for a database provider.
	ToString	(Inherited from Object.)
	VerifyDependencies	Verifies the database dependencies for your provider.

Remarks

When writing a database provider, your provider must implement the base DatabaseProvider class and must also implement the following abstract members:

• ConnectionStringArguments

• CalculateConnectionString

• ExecuteQuery

• TestConnection

• GetServerTypes

• GetDatabaseInfo

• GetDatabaseHostName

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.

See Also

Reference

Microsoft.Web.Management.DatabaseManager Namespace