Database.CheckIdentityValues Method

Verifies the integrity of all identity columns in tables in the database.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Sub CheckIdentityValues
'Usage
Dim instance As Database

instance.CheckIdentityValues()
public void CheckIdentityValues()
public:
void CheckIdentityValues()
member CheckIdentityValues : unit -> unit
public function CheckIdentityValues()

Remarks

This method is equivalent to the DBCC CHECKIDENT 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 CHECKIDENT (Transact-SQL)

Creating, Altering, and Removing Databases

CREATE DATABASE (Transact-SQL)