ServerConnection Constructor (String, String, SecureString)

Initializes a new instance of the ServerConnection class with the specified server instance and logon credentials.

Namespace:  Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Common
Assembly:  Microsoft.SqlServer.ConnectionInfo (in Microsoft.SqlServer.ConnectionInfo.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Sub New ( _
    serverInstance As String, _
    userName As String, _
    password As SecureString _
)
'Usage
Dim serverInstance As String 
Dim userName As String 
Dim password As SecureString 

Dim instance As New ServerConnection(serverInstance, _
    userName, password)

public ServerConnection(
    string serverInstance,
    string userName,
    SecureString password
)

public:
ServerConnection(
    String^ serverInstance, 
    String^ userName, 
    SecureString^ password
)

new : 
        serverInstance:string * 
        userName:string * 
        password:SecureString -> ServerConnection

public function ServerConnection(
    serverInstance : String, 
    userName : String, 
    password : SecureString
)

Parameters

• serverInstance
  Type: System.String
  A String value that specifies the name of the instance of the server with which the connection is established.

• userName
  Type: System.String
  A String value that specifies the logon account used to establish the referenced connection.

• password
  Type: System.Security.SecureString
  A SecureString value that specifies the password used with the logon account.

Examples

C#

SecureString vpassword = new SecureString();
Char[] secChars = new Char[10] {'!', 'p', 'A', 's', 's', 'w', 'o', 'r', 'd', '1'};

foreach (Char c in secChars)
{
   vpassword.AppendChar(c);
}
String vlogin = "sa";
Server srv = new Server("(local)");
ServerConnection conn = new ServerConnection(srv.Name, vlogin, vpassword);

PowerShell

$vpassword = new-object System.Security.SecureString
$secChars = @("!", "p", "A", "s", "s", "w", "o", "r", "d", "1")
Foreach ($c in $secChars)
{
   $vpassword.AppendChar($c)
}
$vlogin = "sa"
$srv = new-object Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Server("(local)")
$conn = new-object Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Common.ServerConnection($srv.Name, $vLogin, $vpassword)

See Also

Reference

ServerConnection Class

ServerConnection Overload

Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Common Namespace

Other Resources

Connecting to an Instance of SQL Server