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 AdventureWorks2012 database.
Dim db As Database
db = srv.Databases("AdventureWorks2012")

'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("AdventureWorks2012")
Write-Host $db.ActiveConnections

See Also

Reference

Database Class

Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo Namespace

GetActiveDBConnectionCount

Other Resources

Working with Database Objects

Creating, Altering, and Removing Databases

CREATE DATABASE (Transact-SQL)