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Database.ActiveConnections Property

Gets the number of active connections to the database.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
<SfcPropertyAttribute(SfcPropertyFlags.None Or SfcPropertyFlags.Expensive Or SfcPropertyFlags.Standalone)> _
Public ReadOnly Property ActiveConnections As Integer
    Get
'Usage
Dim instance As Database
Dim value As Integer

value = instance.ActiveConnections

[SfcPropertyAttribute(SfcPropertyFlags.None|SfcPropertyFlags.Expensive|SfcPropertyFlags.Standalone)]
public int ActiveConnections { get; }

[SfcPropertyAttribute(SfcPropertyFlags::None|SfcPropertyFlags::Expensive|SfcPropertyFlags::Standalone)]
public:
property int ActiveConnections {
    int get ();
}

[<SfcPropertyAttribute(SfcPropertyFlags.None|SfcPropertyFlags.Expensive|SfcPropertyFlags.Standalone)>]
member ActiveConnections : int

function get ActiveConnections () : int

Property Value

Type: System.Int32
An Int32 value that specifies the number of active connections to the database.

Remarks

The ActiveConnections property returns the active connections for the referenced database. Use the GetActiveDBConnectionCount method to return the total database connections on the instance of SQL Server.

Examples

VB

'Connect to the local, default instance of SQL Server.
Dim srv As Server
srv = New Server()

'Reference the AdventureWorks2008R2 database.
Dim db As Database
db = srv.Databases("AdventureWorks2008R2")

'Display the number of active connections to the database.
Console.WriteLine(db.ActiveConnections)

PowerShell

$srv = new-Object Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Server("(local)")
$db = New-Object Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Database
$db = $srv.Databases.Item("AdventureWorks2008R2")
Write-Host $db.ActiveConnections