PartitionFunction Class

The PartitionFunction object provides programmatic access to partition functions.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public NotInheritable Class PartitionFunction
    Inherits ScriptNameObjectBase
    Implements IDroppable, IAlterable, ICreatable, IScriptable, _
    IExtendedProperties

public sealed class PartitionFunction : ScriptNameObjectBase, IDroppable, IAlterable, ICreatable, 
    IScriptable, IExtendedProperties

public ref class PartitionFunction sealed : public ScriptNameObjectBase, IDroppable, IAlterable, ICreatable, 
    IScriptable, IExtendedProperties

public final class PartitionFunction extends ScriptNameObjectBase implements IDroppable, IAlterable, 
    ICreatable, IScriptable, IExtendedProperties

public final class PartitionFunction extends ScriptNameObjectBase implements IDroppable, IAlterable, 
    ICreatable, IScriptable, IExtendedProperties

Remarks

Partition functions are used to partition tables and indexes across multiple file groups.

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

To get PartitionFunction object properties, users can be a member of the public fixed server role.

To set PartitionFunction object propertied, users must ALTER permission on the database or ALTER ANY DATASPACE permission on the server, or be a member of the db_owner or db_ddladmin fixed database roles or a member of sysadmin fixed server role.

To create or drop a partition function, users must have ALTER permission on the database or ALTER ANY DATASPACE permission on the server, or be a member of the db_owner or db_ddladmin fixed database roles or a member of sysadmin fixed server role.

To merge or split the range values on the partition function, users must have ALTER permission on the database or ALTER ANY DATASPACE permission on the server, or be a member of the db_owner or db_ddladmin fixed database roles or a member of sysadmin fixed server role.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
   Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.SmoObjectBase
     Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.SqlSmoObject
       Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.NamedSmoObject
         Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.ScriptNameObjectBase
          Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.PartitionFunction

Example

How to: Set Up a Partition Scheme for a Table 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

PartitionFunction Members
Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo Namespace

Other Resources

Using Table and Index Partitioning
CREATE PARTITION FUNCTION (Transact-SQL)