12.3. Connections
A connection is the first thing we need to access a data store. Both managed providers implement the IDbConnection interface and inherit the following properties and methods.
ConnectionString This property (of a String type) specifies the string used to open a connection to a data store.
ConnectionTimeout This property (of an Integer type) specifies the time to wait while trying to establish a connection before terminating the attempt and generating an error. The default value is 15 seconds.
Database This property (of a String type) specifies the name of the current database or the database to be used once a connection is open.
State This property returns the current state of the connection. It is of the ConnectionState type ...
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