Connecting from Code
The CData ADO.NET Provider for Greenhouse implements a standard DbConnection object in GreenhouseConnection. You can also use the GreenhouseConnectionStringBuilder to programmatically build, parse, and rebuild connection strings.
Creating Connection Objects
See Establishing a Connection for guides to defining the connection string and authenticating. Below is a typical invocation to create GreenhouseConnection objects.
C#
using (GreenhouseConnection connection =
new GreenhouseConnection("APIKey=YourAPIKey;"))
{
connection.Open();
}
VB.NET
Using connection As New GreenhouseConnection("APIKey=YourAPIKey;")
connection.Open
End Using
Using GreenhouseConnectionStringBuilder
The following code example shows how to use an ADO.NET connection string builder to parse a connection string.
C#
GreenhouseConnectionStringBuilder builder =
new GreenhouseConnectionStringBuilder("APIKey=YourAPIKey;");
//Pass the connection string builder an existing connection string, and you can get and set any of the elements as strongly typed properties.
builder.ConnectionString = "APIKey=YourAPIKey;";
//Now that the connection string has been parsed,
// you can work with individual items:
builder.MyString = "new property";
builder.MyBoolean = true;
// You can refer to connection keys using strings,
// as well.
builder["Logfile"] = "test.log";
builder["Verbosity"] = 5;
VB.NET
Dim builder As GreenhouseConnectionStringBuilder = New GreenhouseConnectionStringBuilder("APIKey=YourAPIKey;")
'Pass the connection string builder an existing connection string, and you can get and set any of the elements using strongly typed properties.
builder.ConnectionString = APIKey=YourAPIKey;"
'Now that the connection string has been parsed,
' you can work with individual items:
builder.MyString = "new property"
builder.MyBoolean = True
' You can refer to connection keys using strings,
' as well.
builder("Logfile") = "test.log"
builder("Verbosity") = 5