SqlHierarchyId.CompareTo Method (SqlHierarchyId)

Returns a value indicating the results of a comparison between two SqlHierarchyId nodes.

Namespace:  Microsoft.SqlServer.Types
Assembly:  Microsoft.SqlServer.Types (in Microsoft.SqlServer.Types.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Function CompareTo ( _
    hid As SqlHierarchyId _
) As Integer
'Usage
Dim instance As SqlHierarchyId
Dim hid As SqlHierarchyId
Dim returnValue As Integer

returnValue = instance.CompareTo(hid)

public int CompareTo(
    SqlHierarchyId hid
)

public:
int CompareTo(
    SqlHierarchyId hid
)

member CompareTo : 
        hid:SqlHierarchyId -> int

public function CompareTo(
    hid : SqlHierarchyId
) : int

Parameters

• hid
  Type: Microsoft.SqlServer.Types.SqlHierarchyId
  A SqlHierarchyId node to compare to this.

Return Value

Type: System.Int32
A 32-bit signed integer that indicates the relative order of the objects being compared. The return value has these meanings:

Remarks

If both SqlHierarchyId nodes are nulla null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic), returns 0.

If one SqlHierarchyId node is nulla null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic), it is considered to be less than the non-nulla null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) SqlHierarchyId node.

See Also

Reference

SqlHierarchyId Structure

CompareTo Overload

Microsoft.SqlServer.Types Namespace