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Transfer Class

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The Transfer object is a tool object that provides programmatic control over copying of schemas and data to other instances of Microsoft SQL Server.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Class Transfer
    Implements ITransferMetadataProvider

public class Transfer : ITransferMetadataProvider

public ref class Transfer : ITransferMetadataProvider

public class Transfer implements ITransferMetadataProvider

public class Transfer implements ITransferMetadataProvider

Remarks

Note: There are some limitations when transferring a database from a server instance running Microsoft SQL Server 2005 to a server instance running Microsoft SQL Server 2000.

  • If the database has a schema for which there is no corresponding user on the target SQL Server 2000 server instance, it cannot be transferred. In this case, you have to create a user who has a name that is the same as the name of the schema.

  • Any object that uses the following datatypes cannot be transferred:

    • SqlDataType.Xml

    • SqlDataType.VarCharMax

    • SqlDataType.NVarCharMax

    • SqlDataType.VarBinaryMax

Note: The following object types cannot be transferred:

  • All broker objects

  • All mail objects

  • Endpoint

  • ServerDdlTrigger

  • ExtendedStoredProcedure

  • FullTextCatalog

  • UserDefinedMessage

  • ApplicationRole

This namespace, class, or member is supported only in version 2.0 of the Microsoft .NET Framework.

To get and set Transfer object properties, users can be a member of the public fixed server role.

To transfer data, users can be a member of the public fixed server role.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Transfer

Example

How to: Transfer Schema and Data from One Database to Another 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

Transfer Members
Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo Namespace

Other Resources

Transferring Data