MongoDBDataSourceBase.ConnectionName Property

Stores the name of a MongoDB connection string specified in a project’s configuration file.

Namespace: DevExpress.DataAccess.MongoDB

Assembly: DevExpress.DataAccess.v21.1.dll

NuGet Packages: DevExpress.DataAccess, DevExpress.Win.Design

Declaration

C#

[DefaultValue(null)]
[LocalizableCategory(DataAccessStringId.PropertyGridConnectionCategoryName)]
public string ConnectionName { get; set; }

VB.NET

<DefaultValue(Nothing)>
<LocalizableCategory(DataAccessStringId.PropertyGridConnectionCategoryName)>
Public Property ConnectionName As String

Property Value

Type	Default	Description
String	*null*	The name of a MongoDB connection string specified in a project’s configuration file.

Remarks

A MongoDB data source requires a configured connection to a MongoDB instance. To use a connection string from a project’s configuration file to connect to the MongoDB instance, set the ConnectionName property to the name of this connection string. You can also implement a custom connection service and load a connection string by its name from a different file. Refer to the LoadConnection(String) method description for more details.

Example

The example below demonstrates how to use the MongoDBDataSource class to bind an application/component to a MongoDB instance. The example assigns the name of a connection string from a project’s configuration file to the class ConnectionName property to use this string to connect to a MongoDB instance and uses the MongoDBQuery class to specify data query to the Products collection of the Northwind database.

C#

using DevExpress.DataAccess.ConnectionParameters;
using DevExpress.DataAccess.MongoDB;
// ...
// Specify the name of a connection string from
// a project's configuration file.
var connectionName = "MongoDBConnection";

// Specify queries to database collections.
var queryProducts = new MongoDBQuery() {
    DatabaseName = "Northwind",
    CollectionName = "Products",
};

// Create a MongoDBDataSource object. Assign the name of the
// connection string to the object's ConnectionName property.
// Add the queries to the object's Queries collection.
var mongoDBDataSource = new MongoDBDataSource() {
    ConnectionName = connectionName,
    Queries = { queryProducts }
};

// Call the Fill method of the MongoDBDataSource object to execute the
// queries and load data from the MongoDB instance.
mongoDBDataSource.Fill();

// Use the created object as a data source in your application or component.
//...

VB.NET

Imports DevExpress.DataAccess.ConnectionParameters
Imports DevExpress.DataAccess.MongoDB
' ...
' Specify the name of a connection string from
' a project's configuration file.
Dim connectionName = "MongoDBConnection"

' Specify queries to database collections.
Dim queryProducts = New MongoDBQuery() With {
    .DatabaseName = "Northwind",
    .CollectionName = "Products"
}

' Create a MongoDBDataSource object. Assign the name of the
' connection string to the object's ConnectionName property.
' Add the queries to the object's Queries collection.
Dim mongoDBDataSource = New MongoDBDataSource() With {
    .ConnectionName = connectionName
}

mongoDBDataSource.Queries.Add(queryProducts)

' Call the Fill method of the MongoDBDataSource object to execute the
' queries and load data from the MongoDB instance.
mongoDBDataSource.Fill()

' Use the created object as a data source in your application or component.
'...