Database.Certificates Property

Gets a collection of Certificate objects. Each Certificate object represents a certificate defined on the database.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
<SfcObjectAttribute(SfcContainerRelationship.ObjectContainer, SfcContainerCardinality.ZeroToAny,  _
    GetType(Certificate))> _
Public ReadOnly Property Certificates As CertificateCollection 
    Get
'Usage
Dim instance As Database 
Dim value As CertificateCollection 

value = instance.Certificates

[SfcObjectAttribute(SfcContainerRelationship.ObjectContainer, SfcContainerCardinality.ZeroToAny, 
    typeof(Certificate))]
public CertificateCollection Certificates { get; }

[SfcObjectAttribute(SfcContainerRelationship::ObjectContainer, SfcContainerCardinality::ZeroToAny, 
    typeof(Certificate))]
public:
property CertificateCollection^ Certificates {
    CertificateCollection^ get ();
}

[<SfcObjectAttribute(SfcContainerRelationship.ObjectContainer, SfcContainerCardinality.ZeroToAny, 
    typeof(Certificate))>]
member Certificates : CertificateCollection

function get Certificates () : CertificateCollection

Property Value

Type: Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.CertificateCollection
A CertificateCollection object that represents all the certificates defined on the database.

Remarks

Specific certificates can be referenced by using this collection by specifying the name of the certificate. To add a new certificate to the collection, call the certificate constructor Certificate.

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 asymmetric keys on the database.
Dim ak As AsymmetricKey
For Each ak In db.AsymmetricKeys
   Console.WriteLine(ak.Name)
Next

PowerShell

$srv = new-Object Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Server("(local)")
$db = New-Object Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Database
$db = $srv.Databases.Item("AdventureWorks2012")
Foreach ($ak in $db.AsymmetricKeys)
{
   Write-Host $ak.Name
}

See Also

Reference

Database Class

Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo Namespace

Other Resources

Working with Database Objects

Creating, Altering, and Removing Databases

CREATE CERTIFICATE (Transact-SQL)

Creating, Altering, and Removing Databases

CREATE DATABASE (Transact-SQL)