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LinkedServer.EnumTables Method (String)

Enumerates a list of tables that are available on the linked server for a specified table name.

Namespace: Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo
Assembly: Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo (in microsoft.sqlserver.smo.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Function EnumTables ( _
    tableName As String _
) As DataTable
public DataTable EnumTables (
    string tableName
)
public:
DataTable^ EnumTables (
    String^ tableName
)
public DataTable EnumTables (
    String tableName
)
public function EnumTables (
    tableName : String
) : DataTable

Parameters

  • tableName
    A String value that specifies the name of the table.

Return Value

A DataTable object value that contains a list of tables that can be accessed on the linked server. The table describes the different columns of the returned DataTable.

Column

Data type

Description

TABLE_CAT

String

The table qualifier name. Various DBMS products support three-part naming for tables (qualifier.owner.name). In SQL Server 2005, this column represents the database name. In some other products, it represents the server name of the database environment of the table. This field can be NULL.

TABLE_SCHEM

String

The owner of the table in the linked server. In SQL Server, this column represents the name of the database user who created the table. This field always returns a value.

TABLE_NAME

String

The name of the table in the linked server. This field always returns a value.

TABLE_TYPE

String

The type of table; table, system table, or view.

REMARKS

String

SQL Server does not return a value for this column.

Remarks

This namespace, class, or member is supported only in version 2.0 of the Microsoft .NET Framework.

Example

How to: Link to an OLE-DB Provider Server in Visual Basic .NET

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Microsoft 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 for Installing SQL Server 2005.

Target Platforms

For a list of the supported platforms, see Hardware and Software Requirements for Installing SQL Server 2005.

See Also

Reference

LinkedServer Class
LinkedServer Members
Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo Namespace

Other Resources

Using Linked Servers in SMO
Linking Servers
sp_addlinkedserver (Transact-SQL)
sp_tables_ex (Transact-SQL)