ConnectionInfo.ID Property

Article
07/16/2015

Applies To: SQL Server 2016 Preview

Represents the GUID assigned to the connection. This value is read-only.

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

Syntax

public string ID { get; }

public:
property String^ ID {
    virtual String^ get() sealed;
}

abstract ID : string with get
override ID : string with get

Public ReadOnly Property ID As String

Property Value

Type: System.String

The GUID assigned to the connection.

Implements

IDTSName.ID

Remarks

This property is visible as the ID property, which is commonly shown in the Properties dialog box for a connection.

Examples

Legacy Code Example

The following code example creates an Application object, iterates through the default connections on the computer and then lists the properties of each connection. In this example, the ID is shown as "{41F5EFE4-E91A-4EB0-BF10-D40FD48B3C03}".

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime;

namespace ConnInfoTest
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            Application dtsApplication = new Application();
            ConnectionInfos connectionInfos = dtsApplication.ConnectionInfos;

            foreach (ConnectionInfo connInfo in connectionInfos)
            {
                Console.WriteLine(connInfo.ConnectionContact);
                Console.WriteLine(connInfo.ConnectionType);
                Console.WriteLine(connInfo.CreationName);
                Console.WriteLine(connInfo.Description);
                Console.WriteLine(connInfo.FileName);
                //Console.WriteLine(connInfo.FileNameVersionString);
                Console.WriteLine(connInfo.IconFile);
                Console.WriteLine(connInfo.IconResource);
                Console.WriteLine(connInfo.ID);
                Console.WriteLine(connInfo.Name);
                Console.WriteLine(connInfo.UITypeName);
            }
        }
    }
}

Imports System
Imports System.Collections.Generic
Imports System.Text
Imports Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime
 
Namespace ConnInfoTest
    Class Program
        Shared  Sub Main(ByVal args() As String)
            Dim dtsApplication As Application =  New Application() 
            Dim connectionInfos As ConnectionInfos =  dtsApplication.ConnectionInfos 
 
            Dim connInfo As ConnectionInfo
            For Each connInfo In connectionInfos
                Console.WriteLine(connInfo.ConnectionContact)
                Console.WriteLine(connInfo.ConnectionType)
                Console.WriteLine(connInfo.CreationName)
                Console.WriteLine(connInfo.Description)
                Console.WriteLine(connInfo.FileName)
                'Console.WriteLine(connInfo.FileNameVersionString)
                Console.WriteLine(connInfo.IconFile)
                Console.WriteLine(connInfo.IconResource)
                Console.WriteLine(connInfo.ID)
                Console.WriteLine(connInfo.Name)
                Console.WriteLine(connInfo.UITypeName)
            Next
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace

Sample Output:

Microsoft Corporation

FILE

DTS.ConnectionManagerFile.1

Connection Manager for Files

C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\DTS\Binn\DtsConn.dll

{41F5EFE4-E91A-4EB0-BF10-D40FD48B3C03}

DTS Connection Manager for Files

Microsoft.DataTransformationServices.Design.SingleFileConnectionManagerUI,

Microsoft.DataTransformationServices.Design, Version=10.0.000.0,

Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=89845dcd8080cc91