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ProviderName Property

This feature will be removed in a future version of Microsoft SQL Server. Avoid using this feature in new development work, and plan to modify applications that currently use this feature.

The ProviderName property specifies the friendly, or as-registered, name of an OLE DB provider.

Syntax

object.ProviderName [= value]

Parts

  • object
    An expression that evaluates to an object in the Applies To list

  • value
    A string with a maximum of 128 characters that identifies an OLE DB provider

Data Type

String

Modifiable

Read/write

Prototype (C/C++)

HRESULT GetProviderName(SQLDMO_LPBSTR pRetVal);
HRESULT SetProviderName(SQLDMO_LPCSTR NewVal);

Note

SQL Distributed Management Objects (SQL-DMO) strings are always returned as OLE BSTR objects. A C/C++ application obtains a reference to the string. The application must release the reference using SysFreeString.

Remarks

An OLE DB provider registers itself with the operating system, providing, as part of registration, a display name. For example, the display name for the Microsoft OLE DB Provider for SQL Server is SQLOLEDB.

Applies To:

LinkedServer Object