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Transfer Class

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

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Class Transfer _
    Implements ITransferMetadataProvider
'Usage
Dim instance As Transfer

public class Transfer : ITransferMetadataProvider

public ref class Transfer : ITransferMetadataProvider

type Transfer =  
    class
        interface ITransferMetadataProvider
    end

public class Transfer implements ITransferMetadataProvider

Remarks

There are some limitations when transferring a database to a server instance that is running 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 data types cannot be transferred:

    • SqlDataType.Xml

    • SqlDataType.VarCharMax

    • SqlDataType.NVarCharMax

    • SqlDataType.VarBinaryMax

The following object types cannot be transferred:

  • All broker objects

  • All mail objects

  • Endpoint

  • ServerDdlTrigger

  • ExtendedStoredProcedure

  • FullTextCatalog

  • UserDefinedMessage

  • ApplicationRole

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.

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Microsoft Visual Basic) members of this type are safe for multithreaded operations. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe. 

Inheritance Hierarchy

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

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.