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Database.Tables Property

Represents a collection of Table objects. Each Table object represents a table defined on the database.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
<SfcObjectAttribute(SfcContainerRelationship.ObjectContainer, SfcContainerCardinality.ZeroToAny,  _
    GetType(Table))> _
Public ReadOnly Property Tables As TableCollection
    Get
'Usage
Dim instance As Database
Dim value As TableCollection

value = instance.Tables

[SfcObjectAttribute(SfcContainerRelationship.ObjectContainer, SfcContainerCardinality.ZeroToAny, 
    typeof(Table))]
public TableCollection Tables { get; }

[SfcObjectAttribute(SfcContainerRelationship::ObjectContainer, SfcContainerCardinality::ZeroToAny, 
    typeof(Table))]
public:
property TableCollection^ Tables {
    TableCollection^ get ();
}

[<SfcObjectAttribute(SfcContainerRelationship.ObjectContainer, SfcContainerCardinality.ZeroToAny, 
    typeof(Table))>]
member Tables : TableCollection

function get Tables () : TableCollection

Property Value

Type: Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.TableCollection
A TableCollection object that represents all the tables defined on the database.

Remarks

Specific tables can be referenced by using this collection by specifying the name of the table. To add a new table to the collection, call the table constructor Table.

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")

'Display all the tables in the database.
Dim tb As Table
For Each tb In db.Tables
   Console.WriteLine(tb.Name)
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