AdoDotNetConnectionSupport.CompareVersions 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.AdoDotNet
Assembly:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Data (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.Data.dll)

Syntax

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

public virtual int CompareVersions(
    string versionA,
    string versionB
)

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

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

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

Parameters

• versionA
  Type: System.String

  The first of two versions to compare.

• versionB
  Type: System.String

  The second of two versions to compare.

Return Value

Type: System.Int32
Returns an integer specifying the following:

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

2. Equal to zero: versionA is equal to 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

AdoDotNetConnectionSupport Class

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Data.AdoDotNet Namespace