All classes and class members provide the same functionality for both client applications and .NET stored procedures, unless it is otherwise stated.
Table 4-1 lists those classes or class members that have different behavior depending on whether or not they are used in a client application or in a .NET stored procedure.
The column heading for this table are:
Client application: The client application.
Implicit connection: The implicit database connections in a .NET stored procedure.
Explicit connection: The explicit user connections in a .NET stored procedure.
Table 4-1 API Support Comparison Between Client Application and .NET Stored Procedure
Comments on Items in Table 4-1
Always returns null.
Implicit database connection always returns an empty string.
Implicit database connection always returns 0
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