Sqlconnect() Method

Visual FoxPro Toolkit for .NET SqlConnect() Method

Receives a connection string as a parameter and establishes a connection to the backend. Returns a connection object back

[Visual Basic] Public Shared Function SqlConnect(ByVal tcConnectionString As String) As OleDbConnection

[C#] public static OleDbConnection SqlConnect(string tcConnectionString)

Example

[Visual Basic] 'Establish a connection and a command Dim lcConnectionString As String Dim lcSQL As String Dim oConn As OleDbConnection

'Get the connection string and sql statement lcConnectionString = "Provider=vfpoledb.1;Data Source='C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual FoxPro 7\Samples\Data\testdata.dbc';password='';user id=''" lcSQL = "Select * from customer"

'Connect to the Database, execute the query and disconnect 'SqlConnect(), SqlExecute(), SqlDisconnect() oConn = SqlConnect(lcConnectionString) goView = SqlExecute(oConn, lcSQL, "CustomerList") SqlDisConnect(oConn)

'Select the default cursor VFPToolkit.vfpData.Select(goView) Browse()

[C#] //Establish a connection and a command string lcConnectionString; string lcSQL; OleDbConnection oConn;

//Get the connection string and sql statement lcConnectionString = "Provider=vfpoledb.1;Data Source='C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Visual FoxPro 7\\Samples\\Data\\testdata.dbc';password='';user id=''"; lcSQL = "Select * from customer";

//Connect to the Database, execute the query and disconnect //SqlConnect(), SqlExecute(), SqlDisconnect() oConn = SqlConnect(lcConnectionString); goView = SqlExecute(oConn, lcSQL, "CustomerList"); SqlDisConnect(oConn);

//Select the default cursor and browse it VFPToolkit.vfpData.Select(goView); Browse();

Implementation

[Visual Basic]

Public Shared Function SqlConnect(ByVal tcConnectionString As String) As OleDbConnection Dim oConn As OleDbConnection = New OleDbConnection(tcConnectionString) Return oConn End Function

[C#] public static OleDbConnection SqlConnect(string tcConnectionString) { return new OleDbConnection(tcConnectionString); }

Requirements

Namespace: VFPToolkit Class: VFPToolkit.vfpData Platforms: Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 2000, Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Professional, Windows .NET Server family Assembly: VFPToolkit (in VFPToolkitNET.dll)