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LinkedServer.DataSource Property

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
<SfcPropertyAttribute(SfcPropertyFlags.None Or SfcPropertyFlags.ReadOnlyAfterCreation Or SfcPropertyFlags.Standalone)> _
Public Property DataSource As String
    Get
    Set
'Usage
Dim instance As LinkedServer
Dim value As String

value = instance.DataSource

instance.DataSource = value

[SfcPropertyAttribute(SfcPropertyFlags.None|SfcPropertyFlags.ReadOnlyAfterCreation|SfcPropertyFlags.Standalone)]
public string DataSource { get; set; }

[SfcPropertyAttribute(SfcPropertyFlags::None|SfcPropertyFlags::ReadOnlyAfterCreation|SfcPropertyFlags::Standalone)]
public:
property String^ DataSource {
    String^ get ();
    void set (String^ value);
}

[<SfcPropertyAttribute(SfcPropertyFlags.None|SfcPropertyFlags.ReadOnlyAfterCreation|SfcPropertyFlags.Standalone)>]
member DataSource : string with get, set

function get DataSource () : String
function set DataSource (value : String)

Property Value

Type: System.String
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 SQL Server, it is the server name.