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ConnectionManager Class

Provides the information that you must have to connect to a data source. All classes that inherit from the ConnectionManager contain the same properties and methods. The ConnectionManager class isolates the implementation details of the different connection types from the runtime. This enables the runtime to interact with each connection manager in a consistent and predictable manner. Connection managers contain a set of stock properties that all connections have in common, such as the Name, ID, Description, and ConnectionString. However, each connection type has additional properties that are specific to that connection type. These can be accessed through the Properties collection.This class cannot be inherited.

Namespace:  Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime
Assembly:  Microsoft.SqlServer.ManagedDTS (in Microsoft.SqlServer.ManagedDTS.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public NotInheritable Class ConnectionManager _
    Inherits DtsObject _
    Implements IDTSObjectHost, IDTSPersist, IDTSName, IComponent,  _
    IDisposable, IDTSPropertiesProvider, IDTSPackagePath
'Usage
Dim instance As ConnectionManager

public sealed class ConnectionManager : DtsObject, 
    IDTSObjectHost, IDTSPersist, IDTSName, IComponent, IDisposable, 
    IDTSPropertiesProvider, IDTSPackagePath

public ref class ConnectionManager sealed : public DtsObject, 
    IDTSObjectHost, IDTSPersist, IDTSName, IComponent, IDisposable, 
    IDTSPropertiesProvider, IDTSPackagePath

[<SealedAttribute>]
type ConnectionManager =  
    class
        inherit DtsObject
        interface IDTSObjectHost
        interface IDTSPersist
        interface IDTSName
        interface IComponent
        interface IDisposable
        interface IDTSPropertiesProvider
        interface IDTSPackagePath
    end

public final class ConnectionManager extends DtsObject implements IDTSObjectHost, IDTSPersist, IDTSName, IComponent, IDisposable, IDTSPropertiesProvider, IDTSPackagePath

Remarks

A connection manager is a logical representation of a connection. At design time, in the graphical user interface, you use a connection manager to describe the physical connection that the runtime creates when the package runs. Integration Services provides different types of connection managers that enable packages to connect to a variety of data sources. For example, there is an ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) connection manager, an ADO.NET connection manager, an ODBC connection manager, and so on. For more information, see Extending Packages with Custom Objects.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime.DtsObject
    Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime.ConnectionManager

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.