CurrentCompatibility Property

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 CurrentCompatibility property specifies the current database compatibility level.

Syntax

object
.
CurrentCompatibility [= value]

Parts

• object
  An expression that evaluates to an object in the Applies To list

• value
  A string value retrieved using the ListCompatibilityLevels method

Data Type

String

Modifiable

Read/write

Prototype (C/C++)

HRESULT SetCurrentCompatibility(SQLDMO_LPCSTR NewValue);
HRESULT GetCurrentCompatibility(SQLDMO_LPBSTR pbstrName);

Remarks

When upgrading existing systems with existing applications, use database compatibility level settings to retain earlier behaviors if existing applications depend on those behaviors. Many applications, however, are not affected by such changes in behavior and work at the compatibility level of the current version of Microsoft SQL Server.

ListCompatibilityLevels returns a list of all available SQL Server version compatibility levels. An application can use one of the returned values to set the compatibility of a database using the CurrentCompatibility property.

Applies To:

Database2 Object