ConnectionState Enumeration
Describes the current state of the connection to a data source.
This enumeration has a FlagsAttribute attribute that allows a bitwise combination of its member values.
Assembly: System.Data (in System.Data.dll)
| Member name | Description | |
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| Broken | The connection to the data source is broken. This can occur only after the connection has been opened. A connection in this state may be closed and then re-opened. (This value is reserved for future versions of the product.) | |
| Closed | The connection is closed. | |
| Connecting | The connection object is connecting to the data source. | |
| Executing | The connection object is executing a command. (This value is reserved for future versions of the product.) | |
| Fetching | The connection object is retrieving data. (This value is reserved for future versions of the product.) | |
| Open | The connection is open. |
The ConnectionState values are used by the State property of the OleDbConnection and SqlConnection objects.
Note |
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The values in this enumeration are not designed to be used as a set of flags. |
Available since 10
.NET Framework
Available since 1.1
