Purpose of sample: Enable the TCP/IP server protocol. This sample shows you how to change a server protocol setting. This sample assumes you have SQL Express installed. You need to change the instance name to match the instance name you have installed. ManagedComputer mc = new ManagedComputer...

With much of the SQL Server 2005 devcelopment behind us, I am starting to have some more time to post some SMO samples . Most of these are inspired on questions in the beta newsgroups or the SMO/DMO forum . Additionally, SQL Server 2005 ships with a pretty wide variety of samples. In fact, there are...

Purpose of sample: List metadata information about SMO object properties SMO's object model is different from DMO in one important way: DMO introduced the '2' (like Database2) objects in order to add SQL Server 2000 support. SMO objects are hybrid in that perspective, as these objects morph or limit...

Purpose of sample: Create simple job and start the job after creation. Server svr = new Server (instance); JobServer agent = svr.JobServer; if (agent.Jobs.Contains( "New Smo Job" )) { agent.Jobs[ "New Smo Job" ].Drop(); } Job j = new Job (agent, "New Smo Job" ); JobStep js = new JobStep ...

Purpose of sample: Backup database to various mirrors Server svr = new Server ( ); Backup b = new Backup (); b.BackupSetDescription = "Set description"; b.Action = BackupActionType .Database; b.BackupSetName = "B ackup set #1"; b.Database = "msdb" ; b.MediaDescription = "Media description" ;...

Purpose of sample: create a partition function and partition scheme on an existing database Server svr = new Server (instance); if (svr.Databases.Contains( "smotestdb" )) // change the name if needed { svr.Databases[ "smotestdb" ].Drop(); } Database db = new Database (svr, "smotestdb" ); db...

Purpose of sample: Transfer a database; all objects and data Server tgt = new Server ( "." ); // Setup source connection (in this sample source is .\inst1 and target is '.' (the default instance) Server svr = new Server ( @".\inst1" ); Database db = svr.Databases[ "testdb" ]; // Setup transfer...

Purpose of sample: show how a column constraint can be created. Table tbl = new Table (db, "MyTestTable" ); Column c1 = new Column (tbl, "c1" , DataType .DateTime); c1.AddDefaultConstraint( /*name optional*/ ); c1.DefaultConstraint.Text = "getdate()" ; tbl.Columns.Add(c1); tbl.Create(); Disclaimer...

Table and Index partitioning is one if the new SQL Server 2005 features that willl improve life for the DBA and application developer quite a bit. It allows Indexes and Tables to be partitioned across multiple file groups. Partitioned tables and indexes, are fully manageable with SMO. Here is a quick...

In a previous article I have showed how a SMO object can be serialized into a Transact-SQL script, which allows you to recreate the object. What if you want to have the script that is emitted when you changed one or more properties of an object? In that case Capture Mode comes in handy. This switches...

Let's first clarify what I mean by "scripting". It often happens during talks or when I explain SMO fundamentals that eyes gloss over, shortly after which the "what * do you mean by scripting" question pops up (replace the * with your favorite combination of adjective and noun to indicate bewilderment...

In the previous post I provided you with a fundamental tool to minimize the amount of SQL statements emitted and therefore limit expensive network round-trips (and SQL statements) using the Server.SetDefaultInitFields() method. In this post I will provide you with some more detail about this method,...

I'm ramping up for TechED 2005 (Both USA and Europe) and will be giving a couple of talks on SMO. This is a repost of an article from SqlJunkies, as I am still moving these blog entries to MSDN. Ping me if you are visiting TechED and are interested in certain SMO topics. Unlike SQL-DMO...