ReportingService2006.GetDataSourceContents Method

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12/03/2008

Returns the contents of a data source.

Namespace: ReportService2006
Assembly: ReportService2006 (in reportservice2006.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Function GetDataSourceContents ( _
    DataSource As String _
) As DataSourceDefinition

public DataSourceDefinition GetDataSourceContents (
    string DataSource
)

public:
DataSourceDefinition^ GetDataSourceContents (
    String^ DataSource
)

public DataSourceDefinition GetDataSourceContents (
    String DataSource
)

public function GetDataSourceContents (
    DataSource : String
) : DataSourceDefinition

Parameters

DataSource
The fully qualified URL of the data source including the file name and .rsds or .odc file name extension.

Return Value

A DataSourceDefinition object that contains the connection properties for the data source.

Example

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;
using System.Text;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Services;
using System.Web.Services.Protocols;

class Sample
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        ReportingService2006 rs = new ReportingService2006();
        rs.Url = "http://<Server Name>" +
            "/_vti_bin/ReportServer/ReportService2006.asmx";
        rs.Credentials = 
            System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials;

        DataSourceDefinition definition = null;

        try
        {
            definition = rs.GetDataSourceContents(
                "http://<Server Name>/Docs/Documents/" +
                "Data Sources/AdventureWorks.rsds");
            Console.WriteLine("Connection String: {0}", 
                definition.ConnectString);
            Console.WriteLine("Extension name: {0}", 
                definition.Extension);
        }

        catch (SoapException e)
        {
            Console.WriteLine(e.Detail.InnerXml.ToString());
        }
    }
}

Imports System
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Text
Imports System.Web.Services
Imports System.Web.Services.Protocols

Class Sample

    Public Shared Sub Main()

        Dim rs As New ReportingService2006()
        rs.Url = "http://<Server Name>" + _
            "/_vti_bin/ReportServer/ReportService2006.asmx"
        rs.Credentials = _
            System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials

        Dim definition As DataSourceDefinition = Nothing

        Try
            definition = _
                rs.GetDataSourceContents("http://<Server Name>" + _
                "/Docs/Documents/Data Sources/AdventureWorks.rsds")
            Console.WriteLine("Connection String: {0}", _
                definition.ConnectString)
            Console.WriteLine("Extension name: {0}", _
                definition.Extension)

        Catch e As SoapException
            Console.WriteLine(e.Detail.InnerXml.ToString())
        End Try

    End Sub

End Class

Thread Safety

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

Platforms

Development Platforms

For a list of the supported platforms, see Hardware and Software Requirements for Installing SQL Server 2005.

Target Platforms

Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows 2000 Server, Windows CE, Windows Server 2008, Windows 98 Second Edition, Pocket PC, Smart Phone, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 2 (SP2), Windows 2000 Professional, Windows 2000 Advanced Server, Windows XP Home Edition, For a list of the supported platforms, see Hardware and Software Requirements for Installing SQL Server 2005., Windows Vista, Windows Mobile 5.0, Windows Mobile 2003 for Pocket PC, Windows CE 5.0

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