Database.GetTransactionCount Method (TransactionTypes)

Gets the number of open transactions of a specified type on the database.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Function GetTransactionCount ( _
    transactionType As TransactionTypes _
) As Integer
'Usage
Dim instance As Database 
Dim transactionType As TransactionTypes 
Dim returnValue As Integer 

returnValue = instance.GetTransactionCount(transactionType)
public int GetTransactionCount(
    TransactionTypes transactionType
)
public:
int GetTransactionCount(
    TransactionTypes transactionType
)
member GetTransactionCount : 
        transactionType:TransactionTypes -> int
public function GetTransactionCount(
    transactionType : TransactionTypes
) : int

Parameters

Return Value

Type: System.Int32
An Int32 value that specifies the number of open transactions on the database of the specified type.

Remarks

You can use this method to determine how many transactions of a specific type are open on the database.

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")

'Display the number of open transaction on the database.
Console.WriteLine(db.GetTransactionCount.ToString)

PowerShell

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

Write-Host $db.GetTransactionCount()

See Also

Reference

Database Class

GetTransactionCount Overload

Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo Namespace

Other Resources

Working with Database Objects

sys.dm_tran_active_transactions (Transact-SQL)

Creating, Altering, and Removing Databases

CREATE DATABASE (Transact-SQL)