DependencyWalker.DiscoverDependencies Method (array<SqlSmoObject , DependencyType)

Creates a hierarchical object tree that represents the parent or child dependent relationships for a specified object array of SQL Server objects on the instance of SQL Server.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Function DiscoverDependencies ( _
    objects As SqlSmoObject(), _
    dependencyType As DependencyType _
) As DependencyTree
'Usage
Dim instance As DependencyWalker 
Dim objects As SqlSmoObject()
Dim dependencyType As DependencyType 
Dim returnValue As DependencyTree 

returnValue = instance.DiscoverDependencies(objects, _
    dependencyType)

public DependencyTree DiscoverDependencies(
    SqlSmoObject[] objects,
    DependencyType dependencyType
)

public:
DependencyTree^ DiscoverDependencies(
    array<SqlSmoObject^>^ objects, 
    DependencyType dependencyType
)

member DiscoverDependencies : 
        objects:SqlSmoObject[] * 
        dependencyType:DependencyType -> DependencyTree

public function DiscoverDependencies(
    objects : SqlSmoObject[], 
    dependencyType : DependencyType
) : DependencyTree

Parameters

• objects
  Type: array<Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.SqlSmoObject[]
  A SqlSmoObject object array value that specifies the SQL Server objects for which to discover the dependent relationships.

• dependencyType
  Type: Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.DependencyType
  A DependencyType object value that specifies the direction of the dependency discovery operation.

Return Value

Type: Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.DependencyTree
A DependencyTree object that specifies the hierarchical SQL Server object tree.

Examples

Scripting

See Also

Reference

DependencyWalker Class

DiscoverDependencies Overload

Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo Namespace