Index.MarkForDrop Method

Article
12/03/2008

Marks the index to be dropped the next time that the Alter method is run on the Index object's parent object.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Sub MarkForDrop ( _
    dropOnAlter As Boolean _
)

public void MarkForDrop (
    bool dropOnAlter
)

public:
virtual void MarkForDrop (
    bool dropOnAlter
) sealed

public final void MarkForDrop (
    boolean dropOnAlter
)

public final function MarkForDrop (
    dropOnAlter : boolean
)

Parameters

dropOnAlter
A Boolean value that specifies whether to drop the index the next time the parent object is altered.

If True, the index is dropped when the parent is altered.

If False, the index is not dropped when the parent is altered.

Remarks

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

Example

How to: Create a Non-Clustered, Composite Index 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