LinkedServer.ProviderName Property

Gets or sets the name of the OLE DB provider used to connect to the linked server.

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 ProviderName As String 
    Get 
    Set
'Usage
Dim instance As LinkedServer 
Dim value As String 

value = instance.ProviderName

instance.ProviderName = value
[SfcPropertyAttribute(SfcPropertyFlags.None|SfcPropertyFlags.ReadOnlyAfterCreation|SfcPropertyFlags.Standalone)]
public string ProviderName { get; set; }
[SfcPropertyAttribute(SfcPropertyFlags::None|SfcPropertyFlags::ReadOnlyAfterCreation|SfcPropertyFlags::Standalone)]
public:
property String^ ProviderName {
    String^ get ();
    void set (String^ value);
}
[<SfcPropertyAttribute(SfcPropertyFlags.None|SfcPropertyFlags.ReadOnlyAfterCreation|SfcPropertyFlags.Standalone)>]
member ProviderName : string with get, set
function get ProviderName () : String 
function set ProviderName (value : String)

Property Value

Type: System.String
A String value that specifies the OLE DB provider.

Examples

Using Linked Servers in SMO

See Also

Reference

LinkedServer Class

Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo Namespace

Other Resources

Linked Servers (Database Engine)

sp_addlinkedserver (Transact-SQL)