LinkedServer.Location Property

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Gets or sets the description of the location of the linked server.

Namespace: Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo
Assembly: Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo (in microsoft.sqlserver.smo.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Property Location As String

public string Location { get; set; }

public:
property String^ Location {
    String^ get ();
    void set (String^ value);
}

/** @property */
public String get_Location ()

/** @property */
public void set_Location (String value)

public function get Location () : String

public function set Location (value : String)

Property Value

A String value that specifies the location of the linked server.

Remarks

Server names often do not reveal their physical location. The Location property is used to add a description of the physical location such as "Paris", or "Building 11".

This namespace, class, or member is supported only in version 2.0 of the Microsoft .NET Framework.

Example

How to: Link to an OLE-DB Provider Server in Visual Basic .NET

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Microsoft Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Platforms

Development Platforms

For a list of the supported platforms, see Hardware and Software Requirements for Installing SQL Server 2005.

Target Platforms

For a list of the supported platforms, see Hardware and Software Requirements for Installing SQL Server 2005.

See Also

Reference

LinkedServer Class
LinkedServer Members
Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo Namespace

Other Resources

Using Linked Servers in SMO
Linking Servers
sp_addlinkedserver (Transact-SQL)