How to Perform a Synchronous Configuration Manager Query by Using Managed Code

To perform a synchronous query by using the managed SMS Provider, you use WqlConnectionManager.QueryProcessor.ExecuteQuery method.

The ExecuteQuery method takes a WQL query string and optional context information for the call. An IResultObject is returned containing the objects found in the query.

To perform a synchronous query

1. Set up a connection to the SMS Provider. For more information, see SMS Provider fundamentals.

2. Using the WqlConnectionManager object you obtain in step one, call the QueryProcessor object ExecuteQuery method to query SMS Provider and get an IResultObject containing a collection of query results.

Example

The following code example shows how to make a synchronous query for the available packages by using ExecuteQuery.

For information about calling the sample code, see Calling Configuration Manager Code Snippets.

public void QueryPackages(WqlConnectionManager connection)
{
    try
    {
        IResultObject query = connection.QueryProcessor.ExecuteQuery("Select * from SMS_Package");
        foreach (IResultObject o in query)
        {
            Console.WriteLine(o["Name"].StringValue);
            o.Dispose();
        }
    }
    catch (SmsException ex)
    {
        Console.WriteLine("Failed to query packages: " + ex.Message);
        throw;
    }
}

This example method has the following parameters:

Compiling the Code

Namespaces

System

System.Collections.Generic

System.ComponentModel

Microsoft.ConfigurationManagement.ManagementProvider

Microsoft.ConfigurationManagement.ManagementProvider.WqlQueryEngine

Assembly

microsoft.configurationmanagement.managementprovider

adminui.wqlqueryengine

Robust Programming

The Configuration Manager exceptions that can be raised are SmsConnectionException and SmsQueryException. These can be caught together with SmsException.

See Also

Objects overview Configuration Manager Lazy Properties How to Call a Configuration Manager Object Class Method by Using Managed Code How to Connect to a Configuration Manager Provider using Managed Code How to Create a Configuration Manager Object by Using Managed Code How to Modify a Configuration Manager Object by Using Managed Code How to Perform an Asynchronous Configuration Manager Query by Using Managed Code How to Read a Configuration Manager Object by Using Managed Code How to Read Lazy Properties by Using Managed Code Configuration Manager Extended WMI Query Language Configuration Manager Result Sets Configuration Manager Special Queries About queries