Database.UserDefinedTypes Property
Gets a collection of UserDefinedType objects. Each UserDefinedType object represents a user-defined type 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(UserDefinedType))> _
Public ReadOnly Property UserDefinedTypes As UserDefinedTypeCollection
Get
'Usage
Dim instance As Database
Dim value As UserDefinedTypeCollection
value = instance.UserDefinedTypes
[SfcObjectAttribute(SfcContainerRelationship.ObjectContainer, SfcContainerCardinality.ZeroToAny,
typeof(UserDefinedType))]
public UserDefinedTypeCollection UserDefinedTypes { get; }
[SfcObjectAttribute(SfcContainerRelationship::ObjectContainer, SfcContainerCardinality::ZeroToAny,
typeof(UserDefinedType))]
public:
property UserDefinedTypeCollection^ UserDefinedTypes {
UserDefinedTypeCollection^ get ();
}
[<SfcObjectAttribute(SfcContainerRelationship.ObjectContainer, SfcContainerCardinality.ZeroToAny,
typeof(UserDefinedType))>]
member UserDefinedTypes : UserDefinedTypeCollection
function get UserDefinedTypes () : UserDefinedTypeCollection
Property Value
Type: Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.UserDefinedTypeCollection
A UserDefinedTypeCollection object that represents all the user-defined types on the database.
Remarks
Specific user-defined types can be referenced by using this collection by specifying the name of the user-defined type. To add a new user-defined type to the collection, call the user-defined type constructor.
Examples
VB
'Connect to the local, default instance of SQL Server.
Dim srv As Server
srv = New Server
'Reference the AdventureWorks2012 database.
Dim db As Database
db = srv.Databases("AdventureWorks2012")
'Display all the user defined types in the database.
Dim udt As UserDefinedType
For Each udt In db.UserDefinedTypes
Console.WriteLine(udt.Name)
Next
PowerShell
$srv = new-Object Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Server("(local)")
$db = New-Object Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Database
$db = $srv.Databases.Item("AdventureWorks2012")
Foreach ($udt in $db.UserDefinedTypes)
{
Write-Host $udt.Name
}
See Also
Reference
Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo Namespace
Other Resources
CREATE ASYMMETRIC KEY (Transact-SQL)