else if (path.StartsWith ("/", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
            return path;
      else
            throw new InvalidOperationException ("Invalid connection string: invalid URI");
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Parses the connection string into component parts

    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="connectionString">The connection string to parse</param>
    /// <returns>An array of key-value pairs representing each parameter of the connection string</returns>
    internal static SortedList<string, string> ParseConnectionString(string connectionString)
    {
      string s = connectionString;
      int n;
................................................................................
        else
          throw new ArgumentException(String.Format(CultureInfo.CurrentCulture, "Invalid ConnectionString format for part \"{0}\"", arParts[n]));
      }
      return ls;
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Parses a connection string using the <see cref="DbConnectionStringBuilder" />
    /// class and returns the key/value pairs.  An exception may be thrown if the
    /// connection string is invalid or cannot be parsed.



    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="connectionString">
    /// The connection string to parse.
    /// </param>
    /// <param name="strict">
    /// Non-zero to throw an exception if any connection string values are not of
    /// the <see cref="String" /> type.
................................................................................
    /// </param>
    /// <returns>The list of key/value pairs.</returns>
    internal static SortedList<string, string> ParseConnectionStringViaFramework(
        string connectionString,
        bool strict
        )
    {

        DbConnectionStringBuilder connectionStringBuilder
            = new DbConnectionStringBuilder();

        connectionStringBuilder.ConnectionString = connectionString; /* throw */

        SortedList<string, string> result =
            new SortedList<string, string>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
................................................................................
                keyValue = value.ToString();
            }

            result.Add(keyName, keyValue);
        }

        return result;








    }

#if !PLATFORM_COMPACTFRAMEWORK
    /// <summary>
    /// Manual distributed transaction enlistment support
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="transaction">The distributed transaction to enlist in</param>

      else if (path.StartsWith ("/", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
            return path;
      else
            throw new InvalidOperationException ("Invalid connection string: invalid URI");
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Parses the connection string into component parts using the custom
    /// connection string parser.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="connectionString">The connection string to parse</param>
    /// <returns>An array of key-value pairs representing each parameter of the connection string</returns>
    internal static SortedList<string, string> ParseConnectionString(string connectionString)
    {
      string s = connectionString;
      int n;
................................................................................
        else
          throw new ArgumentException(String.Format(CultureInfo.CurrentCulture, "Invalid ConnectionString format for part \"{0}\"", arParts[n]));
      }
      return ls;
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// Parses a connection string using the built-in (i.e. framework provided)
    /// connection string parser class and returns the key/value pairs.  An
    /// exception may be thrown if the connection string is invalid or cannot be
    /// parsed.  When compiled for the .NET Compact Framework, the custom
    /// connection string parser is always used instead because the framework
    /// provided on is unavailable there.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="connectionString">
    /// The connection string to parse.
    /// </param>
    /// <param name="strict">
    /// Non-zero to throw an exception if any connection string values are not of
    /// the <see cref="String" /> type.
................................................................................
    /// </param>
    /// <returns>The list of key/value pairs.</returns>
    internal static SortedList<string, string> ParseConnectionStringViaFramework(
        string connectionString,
        bool strict
        )
    {
#if !PLATFORM_COMPACTFRAMEWORK
        DbConnectionStringBuilder connectionStringBuilder
            = new DbConnectionStringBuilder();

        connectionStringBuilder.ConnectionString = connectionString; /* throw */

        SortedList<string, string> result =
            new SortedList<string, string>(StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
................................................................................
                keyValue = value.ToString();
            }

            result.Add(keyName, keyValue);
        }

        return result;
#else
        //
        // NOTE: On the .NET Compact Framework, always use our custom connection
        //       string parser as the built-in (i.e. framework provided) one is
        //       unavailable.
        //
        return ParseConnectionString(connectionString);
#endif
    }

#if !PLATFORM_COMPACTFRAMEWORK
    /// <summary>
    /// Manual distributed transaction enlistment support
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="transaction">The distributed transaction to enlist in</param>