mindbcompatibilitylevel-geometry-data-type.md

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MinDbCompatibilityLevel (geometry Data Type)	MinDbCompatibilityLevel (geometry Data Type)	MladjoA	mlandzic	08/03/2017	sql	t-sql	reference	MinDbCompatibilityLevel method (geometry)	TSQL

MinDbCompatibilityLevel (geometry Data Type)

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Returns the minimum database compatibility level that recognizes the geometry data type instance.

Syntax

  
.MinDbCompatibilityLevel ( )  

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Return Types

[!INCLUDEssNoVersion] return type: int

CLR return type: int

Remarks

Use MinDbCompatibilityLevel() to test a spatial object for compatibility before changing the compatibility level on a database.

Examples

A. Testing CircularString type for compatibility with compatibility level 110

The following example tests a CircularString instance for compatibility with an earlier version of [!INCLUDEssNoVersion]:

 DECLARE @g geometry = 'CIRCULARSTRING(3 4, 8 9, 5 6)'; 
 IF @g.MinDbCompatibilityLevel() <= 110 
 BEGIN 
 SELECT @g.ToString(); 
 END

B. Testing LineString type for compatibility with compatibility level 100

The following example tests a LineString instance for compatibility with [!INCLUDEsql2008-md]:

 DECLARE @g geometry = 'LINESTRING(3 4, 8 9, 5 6)'; 
 IF @g.MinDbCompatibilityLevel() <= 100 
 BEGIN 
 SELECT @g.ToString(); 
 END

See Also

ALTER DATABASE Compatibility Level (Transact-SQL)