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BackupDeviceItem.CompareTo Method

Verifies whether the specified object shares the same name as the referenced BackupDeviceItem object.

Namespace:  Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo
Assembly:  Microsoft.SqlServer.SmoExtended (in Microsoft.SqlServer.SmoExtended.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Function CompareTo ( _
    obj As Object _
) As Integer
'Usage
Dim instance As BackupDeviceItem
Dim obj As Object
Dim returnValue As Integer

returnValue = instance.CompareTo(obj)

public int CompareTo(
    Object obj
)

public:
virtual int CompareTo(
    Object^ obj
) sealed

abstract CompareTo : 
        obj:Object -> int 
override CompareTo : 
        obj:Object -> int 

public final function CompareTo(
    obj : Object
) : int

Parameters

Return Value

Type: System.Int32
An Int32 value that specifies the lexical relationship between the two strings.

Value

Description

Less than zero

The referenced object name is less than the object name that is specified by the parameter.

Zero

The referenced object name is equal to the object name that is specified by the parameter.

Greater than zero

The referenced object name is greater than the object name that is specified by the parameter.

Implements

IComparable.CompareTo(Object)

Remarks

The comparison of object names is case-insensitive.

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