IDbConnection Interface

Article
12/03/2008

Represents an open connection to a data source, and is implemented by SQL Server Reporting Services data processing extensions that access relational databases.

Namespace: Microsoft.ReportingServices.DataProcessing
Assembly: Microsoft.ReportingServices.Interfaces (in microsoft.reportingservices.interfaces.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Interface IDbConnection
    Inherits IDisposable, IExtension

public interface IDbConnection : IDisposable, IExtension

public interface class IDbConnection : IDisposable, IExtension

public interface IDbConnection extends IDisposable, IExtension

public interface IDbConnection extends IDisposable, IExtension

Remarks

The IDbConnection interface enables you to implement a Connection class, which represents a unique session with a data source. The IDbConnection interface can be used to build a custom data provider. For more information about Connection classes, see Implementing a Connection Class for a Data Processing Extension.

An application does not create an instance of the IDbConnection interface directly, but creates an instance of a class that implements IDbConnection.

Classes that implement IDbConnection must implement all required members, and typically define additional members to add provider-specific functionality. Because IDbConnection inherits from IExtension, you must also implement the IExtension members as part of your Connection class.

When you implement from the IDbConnection interface, you should also implement the following constructors:

Class	Description
PrvConnection()	Initializes a new instance of the PrvConnection class.
PrvConnection(string connectionString)	Initializes a new instance of the PrvConnection class when given a string containing the connection string.

Platforms

Development Platforms

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

Target Platforms