Restore.ReplaceDatabase Property

Article
12/03/2008

Gets or sets a Boolean value that specifies whether a restore operation creates a new image of the restored database.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Property ReplaceDatabase As Boolean

public bool ReplaceDatabase { get; set; }

public:
property bool ReplaceDatabase {
    bool get ();
    void set (bool value);
}

/** @property */
public boolean get_ReplaceDatabase ()

/** @property */
public void set_ReplaceDatabase (boolean value)

public function get ReplaceDatabase () : boolean

public function set ReplaceDatabase (value : boolean)

Property Value

A Boolean value that specifies whether a new image of the restored database will be created. If True, a new image of the database is created. The image is created regardless of the presence of an existing database with the same name. If False (default), a new image of the database is not created by the restore operation. The database targeted by the restore operation must exist on an instance of Microsoft SQL Server.

Remarks

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

Example

How to: Back Up Databases and Transaction Logs 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