How can I create a database using pymssql

Question

Im trying to create a database using pymssql and im getting this error.

cur.execute("CREATE DATABASE %s;" % self.getsql('dbname'), conn)

gives

*** OperationalError: (226, 'CREATE DATABASE statement not allowed within multi-
statement transaction.DB-Lib error message 226, severity 16:\\nGeneral SQL Serve
r error: Check messages from the SQL Server\\n')

What does this mean ??

Answer 1

The issue was that cur.execute starts a transaction every time, but 'CREATE DATABASE' operation cannot be excuted within a transaction

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/pl/adodotnetdataproviders/thread/594ff024-8af6-40b3-89e0-53edb3ad7245

>>> connection.autocommit(True)
>>> cursor = connection.cursor()
>>> cursor.execute("CREATE DATABASE Foo")
>>> connection.autocommit(False)

This to works. Strangely its not documented in pymssql ... hmmm