Database.CheckTables Method

Article
12/03/2008

Tests the integrity of database pages for all tables and indexes defined on the tables of the database.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Function CheckTables ( _
    repairType As RepairType _
) As StringCollection

public StringCollection CheckTables (
    RepairType repairType
)

public:
StringCollection^ CheckTables (
    RepairType repairType
)

public StringCollection CheckTables (
    RepairType repairType
)

public function CheckTables (
    repairType : RepairType
) : StringCollection

Parameters

repairType
A RepairType object value that specifies the repair options.

Return Value

A StringCollection object value that contains a report about the integrity of the tables and indexes in the database.

Remarks

Updated text:17 July 2006

This method is equivalent to the DBCC CHECKTABLE Transact-SQL command.

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

Example

'Connect to the local, default instance of SQL Server.
Dim srv As Server
srv = New Server
'Reference the AdventureWorks database.
Dim db As Database
db = srv.Databases("AdventureWorks")
'Note, to use the StringCollection type the System.Collections.Specialized system namespace must be included in the imports statements.
Dim sc As StringCollection
'Run the CheckTables method and display the results from the returned StringCollection variable.
sc = db.CheckTables(RepairType.None)
Dim c As Integer
For c = 0 To sc.Count - 1
    Console.WriteLine(sc.Item(c))
Next

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