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SqlProvider Class

Visual Studio 2008

This API supports the .NET Framework infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code.

Contains functionality to connect to and communicate with a SQL Server.

Namespace:  System.Data.Linq.SqlClient
Assembly:  System.Data.Linq (in System.Data.Linq.dll)

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public class SqlProvider : IDisposable

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003

The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

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Supported in: 3.5
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