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Server.GetActiveDBConnectionCount Method

Returns the number of active connections for the specified database.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Function GetActiveDBConnectionCount ( _
    dbName As String _
) As Integer
'Usage
Dim instance As Server
Dim dbName As String
Dim returnValue As Integer

returnValue = instance.GetActiveDBConnectionCount(dbName)

public int GetActiveDBConnectionCount(
    string dbName
)

public:
int GetActiveDBConnectionCount(
    String^ dbName
)

member GetActiveDBConnectionCount : 
        dbName:string -> int 

public function GetActiveDBConnectionCount(
    dbName : String
) : int

Parameters

Return Value

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

Remarks

This method returns the number of active connections to a database. By iterating through all the databases on the instance of SQL Server, you can determine the total number of connections to databases on the instance of SQL Server.

Examples

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

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

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