[EDITED - with answer]
Following is my code to create SQL CE database programmatically:
/* get the Path */
var directoryName = System.IO.Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetEntryAssembly().Location);
var fileName = System.IO.Path.Combine(directoryName, "Foo2Database.sdf");
/* check if exists */
if (File.Exists(fileName))
File.Delete(fileName);
string connStr = @"Data Source = " + fileName;
/* create Database */
SqlCeEngine engine = new SqlCeEngine(connStr);
engine.CreateDatabase();
/* create table and columns */
using (SqlCeConnection conn = new SqlCeConnection(connStr))
{
using (SqlCeCommand cmd = new SqlCeCommand(@"CREATE TABLE FooTable (Foo_ID int, FooData NVARCHAR(200))", conn))
{
try
{
conn.Open();
cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
MessageBox.Show(ex.ToString());
}
finally
{
conn.Close();
}
}
}
I have worked with SQLCE 3.1 and SharpDevelop, Try this code and see if this is what you want:
string connStr = "Data Source = FooDatabase.sdf; Password = SomePassword";
if (File.Exists("FooDatabase.sdf"))
File.Delete("FooDatabase.sdf");
SqlCeEngine engine = new SqlCeEngine(connStr);
engine.CreateDatabase();
SqlCeConnection conn = null;
try
{
conn = new SqlCeConnection(connStr);
conn.Open();
SqlCeCommand cmd = conn.CreateCommand();
cmd.CommandText = "CREATE TABLE FooTable(col1 int, col2 ntext)";
cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
}
catch
{
}
finally
{
conn.Close();
}
Note that the database is just a file, so you can check if the database exists by looking if the file exists, also you can delete the database by deleting the file. Hope this helps.
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