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DbProviderFactories::GetFactoryClasses Method
Visual Studio 2010
Returns a DataTable that contains information about all installed providers that implement DbProviderFactory.
Assembly: System.Data (in System.Data.dll)
Return Value
Type: System.Data::DataTableReturns a DataTable containing DataRow objects that contain the following data.
Column ordinal | Column name | Description |
|---|---|---|
0 | Name | Human-readable name for the data provider. |
1 | Description | Human-readable description of the data provider. |
2 | InvariantName | Name that can be used programmatically to refer to the data provider. |
3 | AssemblyQualifiedName | Fully qualified name of the factory class, which contains enough information to instantiate the object. |
Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2
The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
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