Rule Class

The Rule object provides programmatic access to a Microsoft SQL Server rule.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public NotInheritable Class Rule
    Inherits DefaultRuleBase

public sealed class Rule : DefaultRuleBase

public ref class Rule sealed : public DefaultRuleBase

public final class Rule extends DefaultRuleBase

public final class Rule extends DefaultRuleBase

Remarks

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

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

To set Rule object properties, users must have CREATE RULE permission on the parent database or be a member of the db_owner fixed database role.

To create a rule, users must have CREATE RULE permission on the parent database or be a member of the db_owner fixed database role.

To drop a rule, users must have ALTER permission on the schema to which the rule belongs.

To bind or unbind a rule to a table, users must have ALTER permission on the table.

To bind or unbind a rule to a data type, users must have ALTER permission on the schema to which the data type belongs.

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.ScriptSchemaObjectBase
             Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.DefaultRuleBase
              Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Rule

Example

How to: Create, Alter, and Remove a Rule 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

Rule Members
Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo Namespace

Other Resources

Creating, Altering, and Removing Rules
Rules
CREATE RULE (Transact-SQL)