DependencyWalker Class
SQL Server 2012
The DependencyWalker object is a tool to perform scripting operations that involve dependencies such as identifying dependent relationships. The tool and converts this output to a list.
System.Object
Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.DependencyWalker
Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Scripter
Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.DependencyWalker
Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Scripter
Namespace: Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo
Assembly: Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo (in Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo.dll)
The DependencyWalker type exposes the following members.
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
 | DependencyWalker() | Initializes a new instance of the DependencyWalker class. |
| DependencyWalker(Server) | Initializes a new instance of the DependencyWalker class on the specified instance of SQL Server. |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| DependencyTree | Gets or sets a server dependency tree. |
| FilterCallbackFunction | Gets or sets the scripting options that allow URNs to be filtered out while running the DiscoverDependencies method. |
| KnownObjectsList | Gets or sets a list of all known objects in a server. |
| Server | Gets or sets the instance of Microsoft SQL Server that the DependencyWalker tool object is associated with. |
| Total | Gets or sets the number of objects that have been processed by the DependencyWalker object. |
| TotalCount | Gets or sets the count of objects discovered by a dependency walker. |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| DiscoverDependencies(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. |
| DiscoverDependencies(SqlSmoObject[], Boolean) | 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. |
| DiscoverDependencies(Urn[], DependencyType) | Creates a hierarchical object tree that represents the parent- or child-dependent relationships for a specified Urn array of SQL Server objects on the instance of SQL Server. |
| DiscoverDependencies(Urn[], Boolean) | Creates a hierarchical object tree that represents the parent- or child-dependent relationships for a specified Urn array of SQL Server objects on the instance of SQL Server. |
| DiscoverDependencies(UrnCollection, DependencyType) | Creates a hierarchical object tree that represents the parent or child dependent relationships for a specified Urn collection of SQL Server objects on the instance of SQL Server. |
| DiscoverDependencies(UrnCollection, Boolean) | Creates a hierarchical object tree that represents the parent or child dependent relationships for a specified Urn collection of SQL Server objects on the instance of SQL Server. |
| Equals | (Inherited from Object.) |
| Finalize | (Inherited from Object.) |
| GetHashCode | (Inherited from Object.) |
| GetServerObject | Returns the Server object that represents the instance of SQL Server on which the dependency discovery operation is running. |
| GetType | (Inherited from Object.) |
| MemberwiseClone | (Inherited from Object.) |
| ToString | (Inherited from Object.) |
| WalkDependencies | Creates a linear list of objects and their dependencies from a specified DependencyTree object. |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| DiscoveryProgress | Raises an event at intervals and reports progress on the DiscoveryProgress method. |
