UserDefinedDataType.VariableLength Property

Gets the Boolean property value that specifies whether the user-defined data type is variable in length.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
<SfcPropertyAttribute(SfcPropertyFlags.None Or SfcPropertyFlags.Standalone Or SfcPropertyFlags.SqlAzureDatabase)> _
Public ReadOnly Property VariableLength As Boolean 
    Get
'Usage
Dim instance As UserDefinedDataType 
Dim value As Boolean 

value = instance.VariableLength

[SfcPropertyAttribute(SfcPropertyFlags.None|SfcPropertyFlags.Standalone|SfcPropertyFlags.SqlAzureDatabase)]
public bool VariableLength { get; }

[SfcPropertyAttribute(SfcPropertyFlags::None|SfcPropertyFlags::Standalone|SfcPropertyFlags::SqlAzureDatabase)]
public:
property bool VariableLength {
    bool get ();
}

[<SfcPropertyAttribute(SfcPropertyFlags.None|SfcPropertyFlags.Standalone|SfcPropertyFlags.SqlAzureDatabase)>]
member VariableLength : bool

function get VariableLength () : boolean

Property Value

Type: System.Boolean
A Boolean value that specifies whether the user-defined data type is variable in length.If True, the user-defined data type represents a data type that can vary in length, such as varchar(4).If False (default), the user-defined data type represents a data type that cannot vary in length, such as char(4).A 2-character value retrieved from a user-defined data type defined as varchar(4) is returned as 2 characters. However, the same value retrieved from a user-defined data type defined as char(4) is padded and returned as 4 characters.

Examples

Working with Data Types

See Also

Reference

UserDefinedDataType Class

Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo Namespace

Other Resources

Data Types (Database Engine)

CREATE TYPE (Transact-SQL)