DbProviderFactories.GetFactoryClasses Method

Returns a DataTable that contains information about all installed providers that implement DbProviderFactory.

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

public:
static DataTable^ GetFactoryClasses ()
public static DataTable GetFactoryClasses ()
public static function GetFactoryClasses () : DataTable
Not applicable.

Return Value

Returns 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 98, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Starter Edition

The Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 is supported on Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP SP2, and Windows Server 2003 SP1.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.0, 2.0

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