RuleCollection Class

The RuleCollection class represents a collection of Rule objects that represent all the rules defined 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 RuleCollection
    Inherits SchemaCollectionBase

[DefaultMemberAttribute("Item")] 
public sealed class RuleCollection : SchemaCollectionBase

[DefaultMemberAttribute(L"Item")] 
public ref class RuleCollection sealed : public SchemaCollectionBase

/** @attribute DefaultMemberAttribute("Item") */ 
public final class RuleCollection extends SchemaCollectionBase

DefaultMemberAttribute("Item") 
public final class RuleCollection extends SchemaCollectionBase

Remarks

Updated text:12 December 2006

A RuleCollection object can be used to gain access to a set of rules. You can use the Item property to return a specific Rule 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.SchemaCollectionBase
          Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.RuleCollection

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

RuleCollection Members
Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo Namespace

Other Resources

Using Collections

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