ADO Provider Property

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

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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