DataType.HierarchyId Property

The HierarchyId property is used to identify a position in a hierarchy.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Shared ReadOnly Property HierarchyId As DataType 
    Get
'Usage
Dim value As DataType 

value = DataType.HierarchyId

public static DataType HierarchyId { get; }

public:
static property DataType^ HierarchyId {
    DataType^ get ();
}

static member HierarchyId : DataType

static function get HierarchyId () : DataType

Property Value

Type: Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.DataType
A DataType object value that specifies a HierarchyId definition in the data type.

Remarks

Use HierarchyId to query and perform operations on hierarchical data.

Examples

Visual Basic

Dim dt As DataType
dt = New DataType(SqlDataType.HierarchyId)

PowerShell

$dt = new-object Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.DataType([Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.SqlDataType]::HierarchyId)

See Also

Reference

DataType Class

Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo Namespace