com.esri.arcgis.geodatabase
Interface IDatabaseConnectionInfo2

All Superinterfaces:

IDatabaseConnectionInfo, Serializable

All Known Subinterfaces:

IDatabaseConnectionInfo3, IDatabaseConnectionInfo4

All Known Implementing Classes:

IDatabaseConnectionInfo2Proxy, SqlWorkspace

public interface IDatabaseConnectionInfo2
extends IDatabaseConnectionInfo, Serializable

Provides access to members that provide information about the Workspace's connected database.

When To Use

Use IDatabaseConnectionInfo2 when you want to know the type of DBMS the workspace is connected to. For example, when connected to a SQLServer database ConnectionDBMS will return the enumeration value corresponding to a SQLServer database.

Product Availability

Available with ArcGIS Engine, ArcGIS Desktop, and ArcGIS Server.

Method Summary

Object	getConnectionCurrentDateTime() The current DBMS date/time.
int	getConnectionDBMS() The type of DBMS this workspace is connected to.
String	getConnectionServer() The server this workspace is connected to.
int	getGeodatabaseServerClass() The ArcSDE server class.

Methods inherited from interface com.esri.arcgis.geodatabase.IDatabaseConnectionInfo

getConnectedDatabase, getConnectedUser

Method Detail

getConnectionDBMS

int getConnectionDBMS()
                      throws IOException,
                             AutomationException

The type of DBMS this workspace is connected to.

Remarks

Returns an enumeration value corresponding to the connected DBMS. This might be particularly useful when implementing code that must access a number of different remote database types and depending on the underlying DBMS, change the code accordingly.

Product Availability

Available with ArcGIS Engine, ArcGIS Desktop, and ArcGIS Server.

Returns:

A com.esri.arcgis.geodatabase.esriConnectionDBMS constant

Throws:

IOException - If there are interop problems.

AutomationException - If the ArcObject component throws an exception.

getConnectionCurrentDateTime

Object getConnectionCurrentDateTime()
                                    throws IOException,
                                           AutomationException

The current DBMS date/time.

Product Availability

Available with ArcGIS Engine, ArcGIS Desktop, and ArcGIS Server.

Returns:

A Variant

Throws:

IOException - If there are interop problems.

AutomationException - If the ArcObject component throws an exception.

getGeodatabaseServerClass

int getGeodatabaseServerClass()
                              throws IOException,
                                     AutomationException

The ArcSDE server class.

Product Availability

Available with ArcGIS Engine, ArcGIS Desktop, and ArcGIS Server.

Returns:

A com.esri.arcgis.geodatabase.esriGeodatabaseServerClassType constant

Throws:

IOException - If there are interop problems.

AutomationException - If the ArcObject component throws an exception.

getConnectionServer

String getConnectionServer()
                           throws IOException,
                                  AutomationException

The server this workspace is connected to.

Product Availability

Available with ArcGIS Engine, ArcGIS Desktop, and ArcGIS Server.

Returns:

The server

Throws:

IOException - If there are interop problems.

AutomationException - If the ArcObject component throws an exception.