SqlHierarchyId.ToString Method

Returns the canonical string representation of a SqlHierarchyId node from a SqlHierarchyId value.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
<SqlMethodAttribute(DataAccess := DataAccessKind.None, SystemDataAccess := SystemDataAccessKind.None,  _
    InvokeIfReceiverIsNull := False, OnNullCall := False,  _
    IsDeterministic := True, IsPrecise := True, IsMutator := False)> _
Public Overrides Function ToString As String
'Usage
Dim instance As SqlHierarchyId
Dim returnValue As String

returnValue = instance.ToString()

[SqlMethodAttribute(DataAccess = DataAccessKind.None, SystemDataAccess = SystemDataAccessKind.None, 
    InvokeIfReceiverIsNull = false, OnNullCall = false, 
    IsDeterministic = true, IsPrecise = true, IsMutator = false)]
public override string ToString()

[SqlMethodAttribute(DataAccess = DataAccessKind::None, SystemDataAccess = SystemDataAccessKind::None, 
    InvokeIfReceiverIsNull = false, OnNullCall = false, 
    IsDeterministic = true, IsPrecise = true, IsMutator = false)]
public:
virtual String^ ToString() override

[<SqlMethodAttribute(DataAccess = DataAccessKind.None, SystemDataAccess = SystemDataAccessKind.None, 
    InvokeIfReceiverIsNull = false, OnNullCall = false, 
    IsDeterministic = true, IsPrecise = true, IsMutator = false)>]
abstract ToString : unit -> string 
[<SqlMethodAttribute(DataAccess = DataAccessKind.None, SystemDataAccess = SystemDataAccessKind.None, 
    InvokeIfReceiverIsNull = false, OnNullCall = false, 
    IsDeterministic = true, IsPrecise = true, IsMutator = false)>]
override ToString : unit -> string

public override function ToString() : String

Return Value

Type: System.String
String

Remarks

Called implicitly when a conversion from a SqlHierarchyId data type to a string type occurs.

Acts as the opposite of Parse.

Examples

DECLARE @StringValue AS nvarchar(4000), @hierarchyidValue AS hierarchyid
SET @StringValue = '/1/1/3/'
SET @hierarchyidValue = 0x5ADE

SELECT hierarchyid::Parse(@StringValue) AS hierarchyidRepresentation,
 @hierarchyidValue.ToString() AS StringRepresentation ;
GO

See Also

Reference

SqlHierarchyId Structure

Microsoft.SqlServer.Types Namespace