ClientProtocol Class

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12/03/2008

The ClientProtocol class represents a network protocol installed on a client instance that allows communication with the instance of Microsoft SQL Server over a network.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public NotInheritable Class ClientProtocol
    Inherits ProtocolBase

public sealed class ClientProtocol : ProtocolBase

public ref class ClientProtocol sealed : public ProtocolBase

public final class ClientProtocol extends ProtocolBase

public final class ClientProtocol extends ProtocolBase

Remarks

With the ClientProtocol class you can:

Modify the display name of the protocol.
Enable or disable the protocol.
View the client network library name.
Modify the order in which the protocol is listed and applied.
Create a set of attributes for the protocol.

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

To get or set ClientProtocol object properties or run ClientProtocol methods, users must be a member of the sysadmin fixed server role.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
   Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.SmoObjectBase
     Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Wmi.WmiSmoObject
       Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Wmi.ProtocolBase
        Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Wmi.ClientProtocol

Example

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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