More Ways To Create A Database

More Ways to Create a Database

Create a database using the ODBC API function SQLConfigDataSource.A convenient method for creating a database that is going to be managed by someone else.

SQLConfigDataSource( NULL,
                     ODBC_ADD_DSN,
                     "Firebird/InterBase(r) driver",
                     "ODBC\0"
                     "CREATE_DB = D:\\TestService\\test.fdb\0"
                     "DESCRIPTION = My Firebird database\0"
                     "UID         = SYSDBA\0"
                     "PWD         = masterkey\0"
                     "CHARSET     = NONE\0"
                     "PAGESIZE    = 8192\0"
                     "DIALECT     = 3\0" );

Create a database using the ODBC API function SQLDriverConnect.Convenient when the job is going to be performed from a user application.The driver will handle errors and continue attempting to create the database until it eventually succeeds in connecting to it.Access is passed to the client upon success.

UCHAR buffer[1024];
SWORD bufferLength;
SQLDriverConnect( connection, hWnd,
                  (UCHAR*)"DRIVER=Firebird/InterBase(r) driver;"
                  "UID=SYSDBA;"
                  "PWD=masterkey;"
                  "PAGESIZE=8192;"
                  "DBNAMEALWAYS=C:\\Temp\\NewDB.fdb", SQL_NTS,
                  buffer, sizeof (buffer), &bufferLength,
                  SQL_DRIVER_NOPROMPT );

Create a database using the ODBC API function SQLExecDirect.This scenario is interesting in that the database is created within the context of an existing client connection.It is not necessary therefore to include "DRIVER=Firebird/InterBase (r) driver;" in the call, since it will be taken from the current connection.

As with the first method that used SQLConfigDataSource, the current user does not get management rights on the database created.For that requirement, SQLDriverConnect should be used instead.

SQLExecDirect( hStmt,
               "CREATE DATABASE \'C:/TEMP/NEWDB00.FDB\'"
               "   PAGE_SIZE 8192"
               "   SET NAMES \'NONE\'"
               "   USER \'SYSDBA\'"
               "   PASSWORD \'masterkey\';",
               SQL_NTS );