DataSourceVersionComparer.Compare Method

Compares two data-source version strings and returns a value indicating whether one is less than, equal to, or greater than the other.

Namespace:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Data
Assembly:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Data (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.Data.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Overridable Function Compare ( _
    versionA As String, _
    versionB As String _
) As Integer

public virtual int Compare(
    string versionA,
    string versionB
)

public:
virtual int Compare(
    String^ versionA, 
    String^ versionB
)

abstract Compare : 
        versionA:string * 
        versionB:string -> int 
override Compare : 
        versionA:string * 
        versionB:string -> int 

public function Compare(
    versionA : String, 
    versionB : String
) : int

Parameters

• versionA
  Type: System.String
  The first version number to compare.

• versionB
  Type: System.String
  The second version number to compare.

Return Value

Type: System.Int32
Returns one of three integer values:

1. Less than zero: versionA is less than versionB.

2. Equal to zero: versionA equals versionB.

3. Greater than zero: versionA is greater than versionB.

.NET Framework Security

• Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.

See Also

Reference

DataSourceVersionComparer Class

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Data Namespace