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Database.CompatibilityLevel Property

Gets or sets the compatibility level for the database.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
<SfcPropertyAttribute(SfcPropertyFlags.Expensive)> _
Public Property CompatibilityLevel As CompatibilityLevel
    Get
    Set
'Usage
Dim instance As Database
Dim value As CompatibilityLevel

value = instance.CompatibilityLevel

instance.CompatibilityLevel = value

[SfcPropertyAttribute(SfcPropertyFlags.Expensive)]
public CompatibilityLevel CompatibilityLevel { get; set; }

[SfcPropertyAttribute(SfcPropertyFlags::Expensive)]
public:
virtual property CompatibilityLevel CompatibilityLevel {
    CompatibilityLevel get () sealed;
    void set (CompatibilityLevel value) sealed;
}

[<SfcPropertyAttribute(SfcPropertyFlags.Expensive)>]
abstract CompatibilityLevel : CompatibilityLevel with get, set
[<SfcPropertyAttribute(SfcPropertyFlags.Expensive)>]
override CompatibilityLevel : CompatibilityLevel with get, set

final function get CompatibilityLevel () : CompatibilityLevel
final function set CompatibilityLevel (value : CompatibilityLevel)

Property Value

Type: Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.CompatibilityLevel
A CompatibilityLevel object value that specifies the compatibility level of the database.

Implements

IDatabaseOptions.CompatibilityLevel

Remarks

This property specifies an earlier version of SQL Server for which certain database actions are to be compatible. This property works like the sp_dbcmptlevel system stored procedure.

Note

SMO does not support compatibility level 60. If you use SMO with a database set to compatibility level 60, some operations will produce errors. Additionally, if the CompatibilityLevel property for the MSDB database is set to Version70, SMO might throw an exception with a COLLATE error.

Examples

'Connect to the local, default instance of SQL Server.
Dim srv As Server
srv = New Server

'Reference the AdventureWorks database.
Dim db As Database
db = srv.Databases("AdventureWorks")

'Get the current compatibility level.
Dim cl As CompatibilityLevel
cl = db.CompatibilityLevel

'Display the compatibility level of the database.
Console.WriteLine("Compatibility level = " + cl.ToString)

'Set the compatibility level to a different value.
db.CompatibilityLevel = CompatibilityLevel.Version80
db.Alter()

'Restore the compatibility level to original value.
db.CompatibilityLevel = cl
db.Alter()