Sessions

Last modified: 11 October 2024

In JetBrains Rider, connections to the database are established in special wrappers – sessions. Each session is a wrapper over a single connection, and it stores the connection's information (for example, whether it is active or not, transaction control mode, and other settings).

Within a session, connections can open and close when required and in accordance with the defined settings.

Sessions can have clients – files, whose queries are sent by using the connection that the session holds. Data editor can also be a client for a session.

You can view data sources, sessions, and session clients in the Services tool window. The green dot in the corner of a session's icon indicates a connected session.

The Services tool window

In the picture above, the Services tool window displays the following nodes:

  1. Data source.

  2. Disconnected session.

  3. Connected session.

  4. Session clients.

For more information about the session managing options and toolbar controls, refer to Services tool window controls.

If you close JetBrains Rider and open it again, all your sessions will be available in the Services tool window, but they will be empty.