DbSyncScopeDescription Class

Represents a synchronization scope, which is a logical grouping of tables (optionally filtered) that are synchronized as a unit.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  Microsoft.Synchronization.Data.DbSyncScopeDescription

Namespace:  Microsoft.Synchronization.Data
Assembly:  Microsoft.Synchronization.Data (in Microsoft.Synchronization.Data.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<SerializableAttribute> _
Public Class DbSyncScopeDescription
'Usage
Dim instance As DbSyncScopeDescription
[SerializableAttribute]
public class DbSyncScopeDescription
[SerializableAttribute]
public ref class DbSyncScopeDescription
[<SerializableAttribute>]
type DbSyncScopeDescription =  class end
public class DbSyncScopeDescription

The DbSyncScopeDescription type exposes the following members.

Constructors

  Name Description
Public method DbSyncScopeDescription() Initializes a new instance of the DbSyncScopeDescription class by using default values.
Public method DbSyncScopeDescription(String) Initializes a new instance of the DbSyncScopeDescription class for the specified scope name.

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Properties

  Name Description
Public property ScopeName Gets or sets the name of the scope.
Public property Tables Gets or sets a list of DbSyncTableDescription objects that represents the tables in the scope.
Public property UserComment Gets or sets the user comment about the scope.

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Methods

  Name Description
Public method Equals (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method Finalize (Inherited from Object.)
Public method GetHashCode (Inherited from Object.)
Public method GetType (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method MemberwiseClone (Inherited from Object.)
Public method ToString Returns a string that represents the DbSyncScopeDescription object. (Overrides Object.ToString().)

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Examples

The following code example describes a scope named filtered_customer, and adds three tables to the scope: Customer, CustomerContact, and NewTable. The first two tables already exist in the server database, so the GetDescriptionForTable method is used to retrieve the schema from the server database. All columns from the Customer table are included, but only two columns from the CustomerContact table are included. The NewTable table is defined by using DbSyncTableDescription and DbSyncColumnDescription objects, and then the table is created in the server database (and in the other databases that synchronize with it). To view this code in the context of a complete example, see How To: Execute Database Synchronization (SQL Server).

DbSyncScopeDescription scopeDesc = new DbSyncScopeDescription("filtered_customer");

// Definition for Customer.
DbSyncTableDescription customerDescription =
    SqlSyncDescriptionBuilder.GetDescriptionForTable("Sales.Customer", serverConn);
scopeDesc.Tables.Add(customerDescription);


// Definition for CustomerContact, including the list of columns to include.
Collection<string> columnsToInclude = new Collection<string>();
columnsToInclude.Add("CustomerId");
columnsToInclude.Add("PhoneType");
DbSyncTableDescription customerContactDescription =
    SqlSyncDescriptionBuilder.GetDescriptionForTable("Sales.CustomerContact", columnsToInclude, serverConn);

scopeDesc.Tables.Add(customerContactDescription);

DbSyncTableDescription newTableDescription = new DbSyncTableDescription("Sales.NewTable");

DbSyncColumnDescription newTableIdCol = new DbSyncColumnDescription();
DbSyncColumnDescription newTableContentCol = new DbSyncColumnDescription();

newTableIdCol.UnquotedName = "NewTableId";
newTableIdCol.Type = "int";
newTableIdCol.IsPrimaryKey = true;

newTableContentCol.UnquotedName = "NewTableContent";
newTableContentCol.Type = "nvarchar";
newTableContentCol.Size = "100";
newTableContentCol.IsPrimaryKey = false;

newTableDescription.Columns.Add(newTableIdCol);
newTableDescription.Columns.Add(newTableContentCol);
scopeDesc.Tables.Add(newTableDescription);
Dim scopeDesc As New DbSyncScopeDescription("filtered_customer")

' Definition for Customer. 
Dim customerDescription As DbSyncTableDescription = SqlSyncDescriptionBuilder.GetDescriptionForTable("Sales.Customer", serverConn)
scopeDesc.Tables.Add(customerDescription) 


' Definition for CustomerContact, including the list of columns to include. 
Dim columnsToInclude As New Collection(Of String)()
columnsToInclude.Add("CustomerId") 
columnsToInclude.Add("PhoneType") 
Dim customerContactDescription As DbSyncTableDescription = SqlSyncDescriptionBuilder.GetDescriptionForTable("Sales.CustomerContact", columnsToInclude, serverConn)

scopeDesc.Tables.Add(customerContactDescription) 

Dim newTableDescription As New DbSyncTableDescription("Sales.NewTable")

Dim newTableIdCol As New DbSyncColumnDescription()
Dim newTableContentCol As New DbSyncColumnDescription()

newTableIdCol.UnquotedName = "NewTableId" 
newTableIdCol.Type = "int" 
newTableIdCol.IsPrimaryKey = True 

newTableContentCol.UnquotedName = "NewTableContent" 
newTableContentCol.Type = "nvarchar" 
newTableContentCol.Size = "100" 
newTableContentCol.IsPrimaryKey = False 

newTableDescription.Columns.Add(newTableIdCol) 
newTableDescription.Columns.Add(newTableContentCol) 
scopeDesc.Tables.Add(newTableDescription) 

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.

See Also

Reference

Microsoft.Synchronization.Data Namespace