DbServerSyncProvider.Schema Property

Gets or sets a SyncSchema object that contains information about the table schema on the server.

Namespace:  Microsoft.Synchronization.Data.Server
Assembly:  Microsoft.Synchronization.Data.Server (in Microsoft.Synchronization.Data.Server.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Property Schema As SyncSchema
    Get
    Set
'Usage
Dim instance As DbServerSyncProvider
Dim value As SyncSchema

value = instance.Schema

instance.Schema = value

public SyncSchema Schema { get; set; }

public:
property SyncSchema^ Schema {
    SyncSchema^ get ();
    void set (SyncSchema^ value);
}

member Schema : SyncSchema with get, set

function get Schema () : SyncSchema
function set Schema (value : SyncSchema)

Property Value

Type: Microsoft.Synchronization.Data.SyncSchema
A SyncSchema object that contains information about the table schema on the server.

Remarks

The SyncSchema object contains the schema information for synchronization. You can manually construct this object so that the client can obtain the schema information directly without accessing the underlying database on the server side.

Examples

The following code example creates the schema for the OrderHeader and OrderDetail tables. The code first creates a schema based on a DataSet that contains only the OrderHeader table. As with the SyncAdapter, the table name must match the SyncTable name. The schema for the OrderDetail table is then added manually. This is the place to map data types if an application requires it. To view this code in the context of a complete example, see How to: Initialize the Client Database and Work with Table Schema.

DataSet orderHeaderDataSet = Utility.CreateDataSetFromServer();
orderHeaderDataSet.Tables[0].TableName = "OrderHeader";
this.Schema = new SyncSchema(orderHeaderDataSet);

this.Schema.Tables.Add("OrderDetail");

this.Schema.Tables["OrderDetail"].Columns.Add("OrderDetailId");
this.Schema.Tables["OrderDetail"].Columns["OrderDetailId"].ProviderDataType = "int";
this.Schema.Tables["OrderDetail"].Columns["OrderDetailId"].AllowNull = false;

this.Schema.Tables["OrderDetail"].Columns.Add("OrderId");
this.Schema.Tables["OrderDetail"].Columns["OrderId"].ProviderDataType = "uniqueidentifier";
this.Schema.Tables["OrderDetail"].Columns["OrderId"].RowGuid = true;
this.Schema.Tables["OrderDetail"].Columns["OrderId"].AllowNull = false;

this.Schema.Tables["OrderDetail"].Columns.Add("Product");
this.Schema.Tables["OrderDetail"].Columns["Product"].ProviderDataType = "nvarchar";
this.Schema.Tables["OrderDetail"].Columns["Product"].MaxLength = 100;
this.Schema.Tables["OrderDetail"].Columns["Product"].AllowNull = false;

this.Schema.Tables["OrderDetail"].Columns.Add("Quantity");
this.Schema.Tables["OrderDetail"].Columns["Quantity"].ProviderDataType = "int";
this.Schema.Tables["OrderDetail"].Columns["Quantity"].AllowNull = false;

//The primary key columns are passed as a string array.
string[] orderDetailPrimaryKey = new string[2];
orderDetailPrimaryKey[0] = "OrderDetailId";
orderDetailPrimaryKey[1] = "OrderId";
this.Schema.Tables["OrderDetail"].PrimaryKey = orderDetailPrimaryKey;

Dim orderHeaderDataSet As DataSet = Utility.CreateDataSetFromServer()
orderHeaderDataSet.Tables(0).TableName = "OrderHeader"
Me.Schema = New SyncSchema(orderHeaderDataSet)

With Me.Schema
    .Tables.Add("OrderDetail")

    .Tables("OrderDetail").Columns.Add("OrderDetailId")
    .Tables("OrderDetail").Columns("OrderDetailId").ProviderDataType = "int"
    .Tables("OrderDetail").Columns("OrderDetailId").AllowNull = False

    .Tables("OrderDetail").Columns.Add("OrderId")
    .Tables("OrderDetail").Columns("OrderId").ProviderDataType = "uniqueidentifier"
    .Tables("OrderDetail").Columns("OrderId").RowGuid = True
    .Tables("OrderDetail").Columns("OrderId").AllowNull = False

    .Tables("OrderDetail").Columns.Add("Product")
    .Tables("OrderDetail").Columns("Product").ProviderDataType = "nvarchar"
    .Tables("OrderDetail").Columns("Product").MaxLength = 100
    .Tables("OrderDetail").Columns("Product").AllowNull = False

    .Tables("OrderDetail").Columns.Add("Quantity")
    .Tables("OrderDetail").Columns("Quantity").ProviderDataType = "int"
    .Tables("OrderDetail").Columns("Quantity").AllowNull = False
End With        

'The primary key columns are passed as a string array.
Dim orderDetailPrimaryKey(1) As String
orderDetailPrimaryKey(0) = "OrderDetailId"
orderDetailPrimaryKey(1) = "OrderId"
Me.Schema.Tables("OrderDetail").PrimaryKey = orderDetailPrimaryKey

See Also

Reference

DbServerSyncProvider Class

Microsoft.Synchronization.Data.Server Namespace