RuleCollection Class

The RuleCollection class represents a collection of Rule objects that represent all the rules defined on the instance of SQL Server.

Inheritance Hierarchy

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

'Declaration
Public NotInheritable Class RuleCollection _
    Inherits SchemaCollectionBase
'Usage
Dim instance As RuleCollection

public sealed class RuleCollection : SchemaCollectionBase

public ref class RuleCollection sealed : public SchemaCollectionBase

[<SealedAttribute>]
type RuleCollection =  
    class 
        inherit SchemaCollectionBase 
    end

public final class RuleCollection extends SchemaCollectionBase

The RuleCollection type exposes the following members.

	Name	Description
	Count	Gets the number of objects in the referenced collection. (Inherited from SmoCollectionBase.)
	IsSynchronized	Gets the Boolean property value that specifies whether access to the collection is synchronized and therefore thread-safe. (Inherited from SmoCollectionBase.)
	Item[Int32]	Gets a Rule object in the collection by index number.
	Item[String]	Gets a Rule object in the collection by name.
	Item[String, String]	Gets a Rule object in the collection by name.
	Parent	Gets the Database object that is the parent of the RuleCollection object.
	SyncRoot	Gets an object that can be used to synchronize access to the collection. (Inherited from SmoCollectionBase.)

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	Name	Description
	Add	Adds a new Rule to the Rule Collection
	AddExisting	Adds an object to the collection. (Inherited from AbstractCollectionBase.)
	Contains(String)	Validates whether the parameter collection contains a member with a name equal to the specified string. (Inherited from SchemaCollectionBase.)
	Contains(String, String)	Validates whether the parameter collection contains a member with a name equal to the specified string and with the specified schema. (Inherited from SchemaCollectionBase.)
	CopyTo	Copies the collection objects to a one-dimensional array beginning at the index value specified.
	Equals	(Inherited from Object.)
	GetEnumerator	Returns an IEnumerator interface that allows you to iterate through the objects in the collection. (Inherited from SmoCollectionBase.)
	GetHashCode	(Inherited from Object.)
	GetType	(Inherited from Object.)
	ItemById	Extracts a member from the RuleCollection collection using a system-defined, unique identifier.
	Refresh()	Refreshes the referenced collection. (Inherited from SmoCollectionBase.)
	Refresh(Boolean)	Refreshes the referenced collection with the option to refresh child objects of the referenced collection. (Inherited from SmoCollectionBase.)
	ToString	(Inherited from Object.)

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	Name	Description
	initialized	This value supports the SMO infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code. (Inherited from AbstractCollectionBase.)

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	Name	Description
	ICollection.CopyTo	Copies the elements from an instance to an array beginning at the index indicated. (Inherited from SmoCollectionBase.)

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A RuleCollection object can be used to gain access to a set of rules. You can use the Item property to return a specific Rule object.

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.