Database.Roles Property

Gets a collection of DatabaseRole objects. Each DatabaseRole object represents a role defined on the database.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
<SfcObjectAttribute(SfcContainerRelationship.ObjectContainer, SfcContainerCardinality.ZeroToAny,  _
    GetType(DatabaseRole), SfcObjectFlags.Design)> _
Public ReadOnly Property Roles As DatabaseRoleCollection 
    Get
'Usage
Dim instance As Database 
Dim value As DatabaseRoleCollection 

value = instance.Roles
[SfcObjectAttribute(SfcContainerRelationship.ObjectContainer, SfcContainerCardinality.ZeroToAny, 
    typeof(DatabaseRole), SfcObjectFlags.Design)]
public DatabaseRoleCollection Roles { get; }
[SfcObjectAttribute(SfcContainerRelationship::ObjectContainer, SfcContainerCardinality::ZeroToAny, 
    typeof(DatabaseRole), SfcObjectFlags::Design)]
public:
property DatabaseRoleCollection^ Roles {
    DatabaseRoleCollection^ get ();
}
[<SfcObjectAttribute(SfcContainerRelationship.ObjectContainer, SfcContainerCardinality.ZeroToAny, 
    typeof(DatabaseRole), SfcObjectFlags.Design)>]
member Roles : DatabaseRoleCollection
function get Roles () : DatabaseRoleCollection

Property Value

Type: Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.DatabaseRoleCollection
A DatabaseRoleCollection object that represents all the roles defined on the database.

Remarks

Specific database roles can be referenced by using this collection by specifying the name of the database role. To add a new database role to the collection, call the database role constructor DatabaseRole.

Examples

'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 all the database roles in the database.
Dim ro As DatabaseRole
For Each ro In db.Roles
   Console.WriteLine(ro.Name)
Next

PowerShell

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

Foreach ($ro in $db.Roles)
{
   Write-Host $ro.Name
}

See Also

Reference

Database Class

Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo Namespace

Other Resources

Working with Database Objects

Managing Users, Roles, and Logins

Creating, Altering, and Removing Databases

CREATE DATABASE (Transact-SQL)