DbServerSyncProvider.Schema Property

Gets or sets a SyncSchema object that contains information about the table schema on the server.

Namespace: Microsoft.Synchronization.Data.Server
Assembly: Microsoft.Synchronization.Data.Server (in microsoft.synchronization.data.server.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Property Schema As SyncSchema

public SyncSchema Schema { get; set; }

public:
property SyncSchema^ Schema {
    SyncSchema^ get ();
    void set (SyncSchema^ value);
}

/** @property */
public SyncSchema get_Schema ()

/** @property */
public void set_Schema (SyncSchema value)

public function get Schema () : SyncSchema

public function set Schema (value : SyncSchema)

Property Value

A SyncSchema object that contains information about the table schema on the server.

Remarks

The SyncSchema object contains the schema information for synchronization. You can manually construct this object so that the client can obtain the schema information directly without accessing the underlying database on the server side.

Example

The following code example creates the schema for the OrderHeader and OrderDetail tables. The code first creates a schema based on a DataSet that contains only the OrderHeader table. As with the SyncAdapter, the table name must match the SyncTable name. The schema for the OrderDetail table is then added manually. This is the place to map data types if an application requires it. To view this code in the context of a complete example, see How to: Initialize the Client Database and Work with Table Schema.

DataSet orderHeaderDataSet = util.CreateDataSetFromServer();
orderHeaderDataSet.Tables[0].TableName = "OrderHeader";
this.Schema = new SyncSchema(orderHeaderDataSet);

this.Schema.Tables.Add("OrderDetail");

this.Schema.Tables["OrderDetail"].Columns.Add("OrderDetailId");
this.Schema.Tables["OrderDetail"].Columns["OrderDetailId"].ProviderDataType = "int";
this.Schema.Tables["OrderDetail"].Columns["OrderDetailId"].AllowNull = false;

this.Schema.Tables["OrderDetail"].Columns.Add("OrderId");
this.Schema.Tables["OrderDetail"].Columns["OrderId"].ProviderDataType = "uniqueidentifier";
this.Schema.Tables["OrderDetail"].Columns["OrderId"].RowGuid = true;
this.Schema.Tables["OrderDetail"].Columns["OrderId"].AllowNull = false;

this.Schema.Tables["OrderDetail"].Columns.Add("Product");
this.Schema.Tables["OrderDetail"].Columns["Product"].ProviderDataType = "nvarchar";
this.Schema.Tables["OrderDetail"].Columns["Product"].MaxLength = 100;
this.Schema.Tables["OrderDetail"].Columns["Product"].AllowNull = false;

this.Schema.Tables["OrderDetail"].Columns.Add("Quantity");
this.Schema.Tables["OrderDetail"].Columns["Quantity"].ProviderDataType = "int";
this.Schema.Tables["OrderDetail"].Columns["Quantity"].AllowNull = false;
           
//The primary key columns are passed as a string array.
string[] orderDetailPrimaryKey = new string[2];
orderDetailPrimaryKey[0] = "OrderDetailId";
orderDetailPrimaryKey[1] = "OrderId";
this.Schema.Tables["OrderDetail"].PrimaryKey = orderDetailPrimaryKey;

Dim orderHeaderDataSet As DataSet = util.CreateDataSetFromServer()
orderHeaderDataSet.Tables(0).TableName = "OrderHeader"
Me.Schema = New SyncSchema(orderHeaderDataSet)

With Me.Schema
    .Tables.Add("OrderDetail")

    .Tables("OrderDetail").Columns.Add("OrderDetailId")
    .Tables("OrderDetail").Columns("OrderDetailId").ProviderDataType = "int"
    .Tables("OrderDetail").Columns("OrderDetailId").AllowNull = False

    .Tables("OrderDetail").Columns.Add("OrderId")
    .Tables("OrderDetail").Columns("OrderId").ProviderDataType = "uniqueidentifier"
    .Tables("OrderDetail").Columns("OrderId").RowGuid = True
    .Tables("OrderDetail").Columns("OrderId").AllowNull = False

    .Tables("OrderDetail").Columns.Add("Product")
    .Tables("OrderDetail").Columns("Product").ProviderDataType = "nvarchar"
    .Tables("OrderDetail").Columns("Product").MaxLength = 100
    .Tables("OrderDetail").Columns("Product").AllowNull = False

    .Tables("OrderDetail").Columns.Add("Quantity")
    .Tables("OrderDetail").Columns("Quantity").ProviderDataType = "int"
    .Tables("OrderDetail").Columns("Quantity").AllowNull = False
End With        

'The primary key columns are passed as a string array.
Dim orderDetailPrimaryKey(1) As String
orderDetailPrimaryKey(0) = "OrderDetailId"
orderDetailPrimaryKey(1) = "OrderId"
Me.Schema.Tables("OrderDetail").PrimaryKey = orderDetailPrimaryKey

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Platforms

Development Platforms

For a list of the supported platforms, see Hardware and Software Requirements (Synchronization Services).

Target Platforms

See Also

Reference

DbServerSyncProvider Class
DbServerSyncProvider Members
Microsoft.Synchronization.Data.Server Namespace