Custom Configuration SQL Connection String Section

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Copyright (c) 2005 Theodore William Bouskill

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*/
using System;

using System.Data;
using System.Data.SqlClient;

namespace CodeProject
{
	/// <summary>Container class for static SQL Tools</summary>
	public class SqlTools
	{
		/// <summary>Private CTOR because all methods are static</summary>
		private SqlTools() {}

		/// <summary>
		/// This method uses a dummy SQL statement to validate a SqlConnection String
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="inSqlConnectionString">Required</param>
		/// <returns>true if the SqlConnection String is valid</returns>
		public static bool IsValidSqlConnectionString(SqlConnectionString inSqlConnectionString)
		{
			bool bValidSqlConnectionString = false;

			try
			{
				using (SqlConnection sqlConnection = new SqlConnection(inSqlConnectionString.ToString()))
				{
					sqlConnection.InfoMessage += new SqlInfoMessageEventHandler(OnInfoMessage);

					// Method #1
					/*using (SqlCommand sqlCommand = new SqlCommand("SELECT * FROM dbo.udfThisFunctionIsFake()", sqlConnection))
					{
						sqlCommand.Connection.Open();
						sqlCommand.CommandType = CommandType.Text;
						sqlCommand.ExecuteNonQuery();
					}*/
					// Method #2
					using (SqlCommand sqlCommand = new SqlCommand("dbo.spThisFunctionIsFake", sqlConnection))
					{
						sqlCommand.Connection.Open();
						sqlCommand.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure;
						sqlCommand.ExecuteNonQuery();
					}
				}

				bValidSqlConnectionString = true;
			}
			catch (SqlException exception)
			{
				// exception Numbers 208 & 2812 mean the SqlConnectionString was valid, but the dummy T-SQL failed
				bValidSqlConnectionString = ((exception.Number == 208) || (exception.Number == 2812));
			}
			catch
			{
				bValidSqlConnectionString = false;
			}

			return bValidSqlConnectionString;
		}

		protected static void OnInfoMessage(object sender, SqlInfoMessageEventArgs args)
		{
			foreach (SqlError err in args.Errors)
				Console.WriteLine(
						"The {0} has received a severity {1}, state {2} error number {3}\non line {4} of procedure {5} on server {6}:\n{7}",
						err.Source, err.Class, err.State, err.Number, err.LineNumber, err.Procedure, err.Server, err.Message
					);
		}
	}
}