IDatabaseOptions.AutoShrink Property

Gets or sets a Boolean property value that specifies whether the AUTOSHRINK database option is active.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
<DisplayNameKeyAttribute("Database_AutoShrinkName")> _
<DisplayDescriptionKeyAttribute("Database_AutoShrinkDesc")> _
Property AutoShrink As Boolean 
    Get 
    Set
'Usage
Dim instance As IDatabaseOptions 
Dim value As Boolean 

value = instance.AutoShrink

instance.AutoShrink = value
[DisplayNameKeyAttribute("Database_AutoShrinkName")]
[DisplayDescriptionKeyAttribute("Database_AutoShrinkDesc")]
bool AutoShrink { get; set; }
[DisplayNameKeyAttribute(L"Database_AutoShrinkName")]
[DisplayDescriptionKeyAttribute(L"Database_AutoShrinkDesc")]
property bool AutoShrink {
    bool get ();
    void set (bool value);
}
[<DisplayNameKeyAttribute("Database_AutoShrinkName")>]
[<DisplayDescriptionKeyAttribute("Database_AutoShrinkDesc")>]
abstract AutoShrink : bool with get, set
function get AutoShrink () : boolean 
function set AutoShrink (value : boolean)

Property Value

Type: System.Boolean
A Boolean value that specifies whether the AUTOSHRINK database option is active. If True, the database is automatically reduced.If False (default), statistics are not automatically reduced.

Remarks

This property specifies whether the size of the database is automatically reduced when a large amount of available space occurs.

Setting the AutoShrink property is equivalent to using the AUTO_SHRINK option in ALTER DATABASE (ALTER DATABASE SET Options (Transact-SQL)).

Examples

How to Get and Set a Property in Visual Basic .NET

See Also

Reference

IDatabaseOptions Interface

Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo Namespace

Other Resources

Shrinking a Database

Setting Properties

Database Options