DataRelation.ParentKeyConstraint Property

Definition

Namespace:

System.Data

Assembly:

System.Data.Common.dll

Source:

DataRelation.cs

Gets the UniqueConstraint that guarantees that values in the parent column of a DataRelation are unique.

public:
 virtual property System::Data::UniqueConstraint ^ ParentKeyConstraint { System::Data::UniqueConstraint ^ get(); };

public virtual System.Data.UniqueConstraint? ParentKeyConstraint { get; }

member this.ParentKeyConstraint : System.Data.UniqueConstraint

Public Overridable ReadOnly Property ParentKeyConstraint As UniqueConstraint

Property Value

UniqueConstraint

A UniqueConstraint that makes sure that values in a parent column are unique.

Examples

The following example gets the ParentKeyConstraint of a DataRelation object.

Private Sub GetParentKeyConstraint()
    ' Get a DataRelation from a DataSet.
    Dim relation As DataRelation = _
        DataSet1.Relations("CustomerOrders")

    ' Get the relations parent key constraint.
    Dim constraint As UniqueConstraint = _
        relation.ParentKeyConstraint

    ' Get the constraint's DataColumns
    Dim constraintColumns() As DataColumn
    constraintColumns = constraint.Columns

    ' Print the column names.
    Dim i As Integer
    For i = 0 to constraintColumns.GetUpperBound(0)
       Console.WriteLine(constraintColumns(i).ColumnName.ToString())
    Next i
End Sub

See also

• ChildKeyConstraint
• UniqueConstraint