LinkedServerCollection Class

The LinkedServerCollection class represents a collection of LinkedServer objects that represent all the linked servers registered on the instance of Microsoft SQL Server.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
<DefaultMemberAttribute("Item")> _
Public NotInheritable Class LinkedServerCollection
    Inherits SimpleObjectCollectionBase

[DefaultMemberAttribute("Item")] 
public sealed class LinkedServerCollection : SimpleObjectCollectionBase

[DefaultMemberAttribute(L"Item")] 
public ref class LinkedServerCollection sealed : public SimpleObjectCollectionBase

/** @attribute DefaultMemberAttribute("Item") */ 
public final class LinkedServerCollection extends SimpleObjectCollectionBase

DefaultMemberAttribute("Item") 
public final class LinkedServerCollection extends SimpleObjectCollectionBase

Remarks

Updated text:12 December 2006

A LinkedServerCollection object can be used to gain access to a set of linked servers. You can use the Item property to return a specific LinkedServer object.

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

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
   Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.AbstractCollectionBase
     Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.SmoCollectionBase
       Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.SortedListCollectionBase
         Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.SimpleObjectCollectionBase
          Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.LinkedServerCollection

Example

How to: Reference an Object by Using a Collection 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

LinkedServerCollection Members
Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo Namespace

Other Resources

Using Collections

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