ParentCatalog Property (ADOX)
Specifies the parent catalog of a Table, User, or Column object to provide access to provider-specific properties.
Settings and Return Values
Sets and returns a Catalog object. Setting ParentCatalog to an open Catalog allows access to provider-specific properties prior to appending a table or column to a Catalog collection.
Remarks
Some data providers allow provider-specific property values to be written only at creation: that is, when a table or column is appended to its Catalog collection. To access these properties before appending these objects to a Catalog, specify the Catalog in the ParentCatalog property first.
An error occurs when the table or column is appended to a different Catalog than the ParentCatalog.