Database.CheckAllocations Method

Scans all pages of the referenced database and tests pages to help ensure integrity.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Function CheckAllocations ( _
    repairType As RepairType _
) As StringCollection
'Usage
Dim instance As Database 
Dim repairType As RepairType 
Dim returnValue As StringCollection 

returnValue = instance.CheckAllocations(repairType)
public StringCollection CheckAllocations(
    RepairType repairType
)
public:
StringCollection^ CheckAllocations(
    RepairType repairType
)
member CheckAllocations : 
        repairType:RepairType -> StringCollection
public function CheckAllocations(
    repairType : RepairType
) : StringCollection

Parameters

Return Value

Type: System.Collections.Specialized.StringCollection
A StringCollection object value that contains a report about the allocations in the database.

Remarks

This method is equivalent to the DBCC CHECKALLOC Transact-SQL statement.

Examples

VB

'Connect to the local, default instance of SQL Server.
Dim srv As Server
srv = New Server
'Reference the AdventureWorks2012 database.
Dim db As Database
db = srv.Databases("AdventureWorks2012")
'Note, to use the StringCollection type the System.Collections.Specialized system namespace must be included in the imports statements.
Dim sc As StringCollection
'Run the CheckTables method and display the results from the returned StringCollection variable.
sc = db.CheckTables(RepairType.None)
Dim c As Integer
For c = 0 To sc.Count - 1
    Console.WriteLine(sc.Item(c))
Next

PowerShell

$srv = new-Object Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Server("(local)")
$db = New-Object Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Database
$db = $srv.Databases.Item("AdventureWorks2012")

$sc = new-object System.Collections.Specialized.StringCollection
$sc = $db.CheckTables([Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.RepairType]'None')
$c = 0
For ($c=0; $c -le $sc.Count - 1; $c++)
{
   Write-Host $sc.Item($c)
}

See Also

Reference

Database Class

Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo Namespace

Other Resources

Working with Database Objects

DBCC CHECKALLOC (Transact-SQL)

Creating, Altering, and Removing Databases

CREATE DATABASE (Transact-SQL)