HostDistributionRuleCollection.AddRule Method (String, Guid)

Adds a new HostDistributionRule to the Search service application and caches it to the HostDistributionRuleCollection object.

Namespace:  Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Administration
Assembly:  Microsoft.Office.Server.Search (in Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Sub AddRule ( _
    hostName As String, _
    crawlDatabaseGuid As Guid _
)
'Usage
Dim instance As HostDistributionRuleCollection
Dim hostName As String
Dim crawlDatabaseGuid As Guid

instance.AddRule(hostName, crawlDatabaseGuid)

public void AddRule(
    string hostName,
    Guid crawlDatabaseGuid
)

Parameters

• hostName
  Type: System.String

  The host name of the HostDistributionRule to add.

• crawlDatabaseGuid
  Type: System.Guid

  The identifier of the crawl store for the HostDistributionRule to add.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentNullException	hostname is null or an empty string.
ArgumentOutOfRangeException	hostname exceeds 250 characters, is in the incorrect format, or already exists in the Search service application. -or- The crawlDatabaseGuid is null or empty.
InvalidOperationException	The add operation failed.

Remarks

The hostname parameter can include a port number by appending :port to the name of the host computer, where port is the port number.

See Also

Reference

HostDistributionRuleCollection Class

HostDistributionRuleCollection Members

AddRule Overload

Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Administration Namespace