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ADO Provider Property


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The Provider property sets or returns a string value that contains the provider name for a specific Connection object. Default is MSDASQL (Microsoft OLE DB provider for ODBC). Look at Provider Codes

This property is read/write when the connection is closed.

The provider name can also be set with the ConnectionString property of the Connection object or the ConnectionString parameter of the Open method.

Note: Never set the provider for a specific Connection in more than one place.


Syntax

connobj.Provider

Example

<%
set conn=Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
conn.Provider="Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0"
conn.Open "c:/webdata/northwind.mdb"

response.write(conn.Provider)

conn.close
%>

Provider Codes

Provider Code Provider
ADSDSOObject Active Directory Services
Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0 Microsoft Jet databases
MSDAIPP.DSO.1 Microsoft Internet Publishing
OraOLEDB Oracle databases
MSDAOSP Simple text files
MSDASQL Microsoft OLE DB provider for ODBC
MSDataShape Microsoft Data Shape
MSPersist Locally saved files
SQLOLEDB Microsoft SQL Server

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