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To create a database in ADOX, you can call the
Create() of the Catalog class of the ADOX library. Its syntax is:
Catalog.Create(ByVal ConnectString As String)
If you are dealing with a Microsoft SQL
Server database, specify the provider as SQLOLEDB.
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Here is an
example:
Private Sub cmdAction_Click()
Dim objCatalog As ADOX.Catalog
Set objCatalog = New ADOX.Catalog
objCatalog.Create "provider=SQLOEDB"
Set objCatalog = Nothing
End Sub
If you are dealing with a Microsoft Access database, specify
the provider as Microsoft.JET.OLEDB.4.0
(case insensitive). Here is an example:
Private Sub cmdAction_Click()
Dim objCatalog As ADOX.Catalog
Set objCatalog = New ADOX.Catalog
objCatalog.Create "provider='Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0'"
Set objCatalog = Nothing
End Sub
To specify the name of the database you want to create,
assign it to an attribute named Data Source. Here is an example that creates a
Microsoft Office Access 2007 compatible database named Exercise:
Private Sub cmdCreateDatabase_Click()
Dim objCatalog As ADOX.Catalog
Set objCatalog = New ADOX.Catalog
objCatalog.Create "provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=C:\Exercises\Exercise.accdb"
Set objCatalog = Nothing
End Sub
If you are creating a Microsoft Access Office 2007 database,
specify the extension as .accdb. If you want to create a database
compatible with previous versions of Microsoft Access, specify the extension as .mdb.
You can create the connection string and store
it in a String variable. Then pass that variable to the Create() method. Here is an example:
Private Sub cmdAction_Click()
Dim objCatalog As ADOX.Catalog
Dim strCreator As String
Set objCatalog = New ADOX.Catalog
strCreator = "provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;'"
strCreator = strCreator & "Data Source=C:\Exercises\Exercise.mdb'"
objCatalog.Create strCreator
Set objCatalog = Nothing
End Sub