IDTSInput100.ExternalMetadataColumnCollection Property

Gets the collection of columns that reflects the columns in an external data source, which are used to validate an IDTSInputColumnCollection100 when the component is not connected to the external data source.

Namespace:  Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Pipeline.Wrapper
Assembly:  Microsoft.SqlServer.DTSPipelineWrap (in Microsoft.SqlServer.DTSPipelineWrap.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
ReadOnly Property ExternalMetadataColumnCollection As IDTSExternalMetadataColumnCollection100 
    Get
'Usage
Dim instance As IDTSInput100 
Dim value As IDTSExternalMetadataColumnCollection100 

value = instance.ExternalMetadataColumnCollection

IDTSExternalMetadataColumnCollection100 ExternalMetadataColumnCollection { get; }

property IDTSExternalMetadataColumnCollection100^ ExternalMetadataColumnCollection {
    IDTSExternalMetadataColumnCollection100^ get ();
}

abstract ExternalMetadataColumnCollection : IDTSExternalMetadataColumnCollection100

function get ExternalMetadataColumnCollection () : IDTSExternalMetadataColumnCollection100

Property Value

Type: Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Pipeline.Wrapper.IDTSExternalMetadataColumnCollection100
The IDTSExternalMetadataColumnCollection100 of the IDTSInput100 object.

Remarks

The ExternalMetadataColumnCollection enables components to validate the columns in its InputColumnCollection when the component is disconnected from its external data source, or when an expensive connected validation is not desirable.

Columns are inserted into the collection using the MapInputColumn method.

See Also

Reference

IDTSInput100 Interface

Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Pipeline.Wrapper Namespace