EnumCandidateKeys Method

This feature will be removed in a future version of Microsoft SQL Server. Avoid using this feature in new development work, and plan to modify applications that currently use this feature.

The EnumCandidateKeys method returns a QueryResults object that enumerates the user tables of a Microsoft SQL Server database and the constraints on those tables that could define primary keys.

Syntax

object
.EnumCandidateKeys( )
as 
QueryResults

Parts

• object
  Expression that evaluates to an object in the Applies To list.

Prototype (C/C++)

HRESULT EnumCandidateKeys(
LPSQLDMOQUERYRESULTS* ppResults);

Returns

A QueryResults object that contains one result set defined by these columns.

Column	Data type	Description
candidate_table	nvarchar(262)	SQL Server table name.
candidate_key	nvarchar(129)	Name of an existing UNIQUE or PRIMARY KEY constraint.

Applies To:

Database Object