Database.Views Property
Gets a collection of View objects. Each View object represents a view defined 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(View), SfcObjectFlags.Design)> _
Public ReadOnly Property Views As ViewCollection
Get
'Usage
Dim instance As Database
Dim value As ViewCollection
value = instance.Views
[SfcObjectAttribute(SfcContainerRelationship.ObjectContainer, SfcContainerCardinality.ZeroToAny,
typeof(View), SfcObjectFlags.Design)]
public ViewCollection Views { get; }
[SfcObjectAttribute(SfcContainerRelationship::ObjectContainer, SfcContainerCardinality::ZeroToAny,
typeof(View), SfcObjectFlags::Design)]
public:
property ViewCollection^ Views {
ViewCollection^ get ();
}
[<SfcObjectAttribute(SfcContainerRelationship.ObjectContainer, SfcContainerCardinality.ZeroToAny,
typeof(View), SfcObjectFlags.Design)>]
member Views : ViewCollection
function get Views () : ViewCollection
Property Value
Type: Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.ViewCollection
A ViewCollection object that represents all the views defined on the database.
Remarks
Specific views can be referenced by using this collection by specifying the name of the view. To add a new view to the collection, call the view constructor View.
Examples
'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 users in the database.
Dim us As User
For Each us In db.Users
Console.WriteLine(us.Name)
Next
PowerShell
$srv = new-Object Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Server("(local)")
$db = New-Object Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Database
$db = $srv.Databases.Item("AdventureWorks2012")
Foreach ($us in $db.Users)
{
Write-Host $us.Name
}
See Also
Reference
Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo Namespace
Other Resources
Creating, Altering, and Removing Views