Database.LogFiles Property

Gets a collection of LogFile objects. Each LogFile object represents a log file defined on the database.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
<SfcObjectAttribute(SfcContainerRelationship.ChildContainer, SfcContainerCardinality.OneToAny, GetType(LogFile))> _
Public ReadOnly Property LogFiles As LogFileCollection 
    Get
'Usage
Dim instance As Database 
Dim value As LogFileCollection 

value = instance.LogFiles
[SfcObjectAttribute(SfcContainerRelationship.ChildContainer, SfcContainerCardinality.OneToAny, typeof(LogFile))]
public LogFileCollection LogFiles { get; }
[SfcObjectAttribute(SfcContainerRelationship::ChildContainer, SfcContainerCardinality::OneToAny, 
    typeof(LogFile))]
public:
property LogFileCollection^ LogFiles {
    LogFileCollection^ get ();
}
[<SfcObjectAttribute(SfcContainerRelationship.ChildContainer, SfcContainerCardinality.OneToAny, 
    typeof(LogFile))>]
member LogFiles : LogFileCollection
function get LogFiles () : LogFileCollection

Property Value

Type: Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.LogFileCollection
A LogFileCollection object that represents all the log files defined on the database.

Remarks

Log files can be referenced by using this collection by specifying the name of the log file. To add a new log file to the collection, call the log file constructor.

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 all the log files in the database.
Dim lf As LogFile
For Each lf In db.LogFiles
   Console.WriteLine(lf.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 ($lf in $db.LogFiles)
{
   Write-Host $lf.Name
}

See Also

Reference

Database Class

Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo Namespace

Other Resources

Working with Database Objects

Using Filegroups and Files to Store Data

Creating, Altering, and Removing Databases

CREATE DATABASE (Transact-SQL)