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Column.MarkForDrop Method

Marks the column to be dropped when the Alter method is run on the column's parent Table object.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Sub MarkForDrop ( _
    dropOnAlter As Boolean _
)
'Usage
Dim instance As Column
Dim dropOnAlter As Boolean

instance.MarkForDrop(dropOnAlter)

public void MarkForDrop(
    bool dropOnAlter
)

public:
virtual void MarkForDrop(
    bool dropOnAlter
) sealed

abstract MarkForDrop : 
        dropOnAlter:bool -> unit 
override MarkForDrop : 
        dropOnAlter:bool -> unit 

public final function MarkForDrop(
    dropOnAlter : boolean
)

Parameters

  • dropOnAlter
    Type: System.Boolean
    A Boolean value that specifies whether to drop the column when the parent object is altered.
    If True, the column is dropped when the parent table is altered. Otherwise, False (default).

Implements

IMarkForDrop.MarkForDrop(Boolean)

Remarks

Note

Columns based on the UserDefinedTableType object cannot be modified and this method generates an exception.