LinkedServer.ProviderName Property

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12/03/2008

Gets or sets the name of the OLE DB provider used to connect to the linked server.

Namespace: Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo
Assembly: Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo (in microsoft.sqlserver.smo.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Property ProviderName As String

public string ProviderName { get; set; }

public:
property String^ ProviderName {
    String^ get ();
    void set (String^ value);
}

/** @property */
public String get_ProviderName ()

/** @property */
public void set_ProviderName (String value)

public function get ProviderName () : String

public function set ProviderName (value : String)

Property Value

A String value that specifies the OLE DB provider.

Remarks

This namespace, class, or member is supported only in version 2.0 of the Microsoft .NET Framework.

Example

How to: Link to an OLE-DB Provider Server in Visual Basic .NET

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