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CreateConnection – Creating a suitable connection object for a given connection string

CreateConnection – Creating a suitable connection object for a given connection string

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' Create a suitable connection object for a given connection string.' Requires Imports for System.Data, System.Data.Common, System.Data.OleDb,'  System.Data.SqlClient and System.Data.Odbc'' Example: Dim cn As IDbConnection = CreateConnection(connStr)Function CreateConnection(ByVal connString As String) As IDbConnection    If connString.ToLower.IndexOf("provider=") >= 0 Then        Return New OleDbConnection(connString)    ElseIf connString.ToLower.IndexOf("driver") >= 0 Then        Return New OdbcConnection(connString)    Else        Return New SqlConnection(connString)    End IfEnd Function

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