scope-resolution-operator-transact-sql.md

title	:: (Scope Resolution) (Transact-SQL)
description	:: (Scope Resolution) (Transact-SQL)
author	rwestMSFT
ms.author	randolphwest
ms.date	03/06/2017
ms.service	sql
ms.subservice	t-sql
ms.topic	reference
dev_langs	TSQL

:: (Scope Resolution) (Transact-SQL)

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The scope resolution operator :: provides access to static members of a compound data type. A compound data type is one that contains multiple simple data types and methods. Compound data types include the built-in CLR types and custom SQLCLR User-Defined Types (UDTs).

Examples

The following example shows how to use the scope resolution operator to access the GetRoot() member of the hierarchyid type.

DECLARE @hid hierarchyid;  
SELECT @hid = hierarchyid::GetRoot();  
PRINT @hid.ToString();  

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See Also

Operators (Transact-SQL)