LinkedServer.DataSource Property

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Gets or sets the data source to be used when the linked server is made through a connection to an OLE DB provider.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Property DataSource As String

public string DataSource { get; set; }

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

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

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

public function get DataSource () : String

public function set DataSource (value : String)

Property Value

A String value that specifies the data source on the linked server.

Remarks

The data source is defined in by the OLE DB provider. For the OLE DB provider for Microsoft SQL Server, it is the server name.

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

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

See Also

Reference

LinkedServer Class
LinkedServer Members
Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo Namespace

Other Resources

Using Linked Servers in SMO
Linking Servers
sp_addlinkedserver (Transact-SQL)