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DataSet.EnforceConstraints Property

Gets or sets a value indicating whether constraint rules are followed when attempting any update operation.

Namespace:  System.Data
Assembly:  System.Data (in System.Data.dll)

'Declaration
Public Property EnforceConstraints As Boolean

Property Value

Type: System.Boolean
true if rules are enforced; otherwise false. The default is true.

ExceptionCondition
ConstraintException

One or more constraints cannot be enforced.

Constraints are set at the DataTable level (Constraints property). For more information about creating constraints, see DataTable Constraints (ADO.NET).

The following example creates a DataSet with one table, one column, five rows, and one UniqueConstraint. The EnforceConstraints property is set to false and the values of each row are set to the same value. When the EnforceConstraints property is reset to true, a ConstraintException is generated.


Private Sub DemonstrateEnforceConstraints()
    ' Create a DataSet with one table, one column and 
    ' a UniqueConstraint.
    Dim dataSet As DataSet = New DataSet("dataSet")
    Dim table As DataTable = New DataTable("table")
    Dim column As DataColumn = New DataColumn("col1")
    column.Unique = True
    table.Columns.Add(column)
    dataSet.Tables.Add(table)
    Console.WriteLine("constraints.count: " _
        & table.Constraints.Count)

    ' add five rows.
    Dim row As DataRow
    Dim i As Integer
    For i = 0 To 4
       row = table.NewRow()
       row("col1") = i
       table.Rows.Add(row)
    Next
    table.AcceptChanges()

    dataSet.EnforceConstraints = False
    ' Change the values of all rows to 1.
    Dim thisRow As DataRow
    For Each thisRow In table.rows
       thisRow("col1") = 1
    Next

    Try
        dataSet.EnforceConstraints = True
    Catch e As System.Data.ConstraintException
	    ' Process exception and return.
        Console.WriteLine("Exception of type {0} occurred.", _
            e.GetType().ToString())
    End Try
End Sub


.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

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