Used to specify which kind of metainformation to show.
property MetaDataKind: string;
This string property specifies which kind of metainformation to show. The value of this property should be assigned before activating the component. If MetaDataKind equals to an empty string (the default value), the full value list that this property accepts will be shown.
They are described in the table below:
MetaDataKind | Description |
Columns | show metainformation about columns of existing tables |
Constraints | show metainformation about the constraints defined in the database |
IndexColumns | show metainformation about indexed columns |
Indexes | show metainformation about indexes in a database |
MetaDataKinds | show the acceptable values of this property. You will get the same result if the MetadataKind property is an empty string |
ProcedureParameters | show metainformation about parameters of existing procedures |
Procedures | show metainformation about existing procedures |
Restrictions | generates a dataset that describes which restrictions are applicable to each MetaDataKind |
Tables | show metainformation about existing tables |
Databases | show metainformation about existing databases |
If you provide a value that equals neither of the values described in the table, an error will be raised.