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Rule Class

SQL Server 2008

The Rule object provides programmatic access to a SQL Server rule.

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

Syntax

C++

JScript

[EvaluationModeAttribute(AutomatedPolicyEvaluationMode.CheckOnSchedule)]
[PhysicalFacetAttribute(PhysicalFacetOptions.ReadOnly)]
public sealed class Rule : DefaultRuleBase

Remarks

To get Rule object properties, users can be a member of the public fixed server role.

To set Rule object properties, users must have CREATE RULE permission on the parent database or be a member of the db_owner fixed database role.

To create a rule, users must have CREATE RULE permission on the parent database or be a member of the db_owner fixed database role.

To drop a rule, users must have ALTER permission on the schema to which the rule belongs.

To bind or unbind a rule to a table, users must have ALTER permission on the table.

To bind or unbind a rule to a data type, users must have ALTER permission on the schema to which the data type belongs.

Thread Safety

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

Examples

Creating, Altering, and Removing Rules

Inheritance Hierarchy