<p>Visual FoxPro Toolkit for .NET SqlConnect() Method</p><p>Receives a connection string as a parameter and establishes a connection to the backend. Returns a connection object back </p><p>[Visual Basic] Public Shared Function SqlConnect(ByVal tcConnectionString As String) As OleDbConnection</p><p>[C#] public static OleDbConnection SqlConnect(string tcConnectionString)</p><p>Example</p><p>[Visual Basic] 'Establish a connection and a command Dim lcConnectionString As String Dim lcSQL As String Dim oConn As OleDbConnection</p><p>'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"</p><p>'Connect to the Database, execute the query and disconnect 'SqlConnect(), SqlExecute(), SqlDisconnect() oConn = SqlConnect(lcConnectionString) goView = SqlExecute(oConn, lcSQL, "CustomerList") SqlDisConnect(oConn)</p><p>'Select the default cursor VFPToolkit.vfpData.Select(goView) Browse()</p><p>[C#] //Establish a connection and a command string lcConnectionString; string lcSQL; OleDbConnection oConn;</p><p>//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";</p><p>//Connect to the Database, execute the query and disconnect //SqlConnect(), SqlExecute(), SqlDisconnect() oConn = SqlConnect(lcConnectionString); goView = SqlExecute(oConn, lcSQL, "CustomerList"); SqlDisConnect(oConn);</p><p>//Select the default cursor and browse it VFPToolkit.vfpData.Select(goView); Browse();</p><p>Implementation</p><p>[Visual Basic]</p><p>Public Shared Function SqlConnect(ByVal tcConnectionString As String) As OleDbConnection Dim oConn As OleDbConnection = New OleDbConnection(tcConnectionString) Return oConn End Function</p><p>[C#] public static OleDbConnection SqlConnect(string tcConnectionString) { return new OleDbConnection(tcConnectionString); }</p><p>Requirements</p><p>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)</p><p>See Also</p><p>VFPToolkit.vfpData Members | VFPToolkit Namespace </p>