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Clone (MDStore Interface)

Note

  This feature will be removed in the next version of Microsoft SQL Server. Do not use this feature in new development work, and modify applications that currently use this feature as soon as possible.

The Clone method of the MDStore interface copies the property values and optionally the collections of major and minor objects of an existing object to a target object of the same class type.

Applies To:clsAggregation, clsCube, clsDatabase, clsPartition

Syntax

object.Clone(ByVal TargetObject As MDStore, [ByVal Options As CloneOptions = cloneMajorChildren])

Parameters

  • object
    The MDStore object whose property values and collections of major and minor objects are to be copied.

  • TargetObject
    An existing MDStore object.

  • Options
    One of the values of the CloneOptions enumeration. If no value is specified, the cloneMajorChildren option is used. For more information, see CloneOptions.

Remarks

The Clone method, depending on the clone option specified in Options, copies properties and minor objects to a new MDStore object with the same ClassType property value.

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