Client-side programming patterns/idioms for SQL Mobile 2005?

Hello,

Where can I get sample code, or a pointer to sample code demonstrating common programming pattern(s) for a client of SQL Mobile 2005 (where the client is also running on the device)?

For eg, with ADO.NET, I'd do something like:

SqlConnection conn = new SqlConnection(connStr);
SqlCommand cmd = conn.CreateCommand();
conn.CommandText = “--...my query…”;
SqlDataReader reader = conn.ExecuteReader();
// loop and process the data

What are the corresponding APIs and calls that I’d use for a SQL Mobile 2005 application using the latest CF.Net 2.0 ADO.Net APIs (or whatever they’re called)? I could only find a couple of articles on MSDN, both applying to SQLCE 2.0 and not SQL Mobile:

[1]http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnroad/html/road05222002.asp
[2]http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnppcgen/html/ppcdatabase.asp

If this is documented in Books Online, how can I get to it? I couldn’t find it.

Thanks in advance!

-Ravi

The samples are in books on line of SQL Mobile and .NET CF 2
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/editions/sqlmobile/overview.mspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/mobility/sqlmobile/default.aspx|||Navigating from the above links to get to the information I need is extremely cumbersome. For now, a search on MSDN2 led me to the following page, on which the link [Using Programming Interfaces] is exactly what I was looking for:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms172961

Thanks,
ravi|||

For the benefit of others who may have the same question, I thought I would post some sample code that demonstrates a client connection programming pattern for SQL Mobile clients:

string dbFilePath = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.Personal) + "/data.sdf";
string connectionString = string.Format("Data Source = {0};", dbFilePath);
using (SqlCeConnection conn = new SqlCeConnection(connectionString)) {
try {
/* open the connection, get a command */
conn.Open();
SqlCeCommand cmd = conn.CreateCommand();

cmd.CommandText = @."CREATE TABLE myTable(i int primary key)";
cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
}
catch (Exception e) {
string logMessage = e.Message;
/* logging code goes here */
}
finally {
conn.Close();
}
} // end using

Note that this code is intended for a client application running on a device that is attempting to connect to a SQL Mobile database on the same device.

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Ravi Subramanian wrote:

Note that this code is intended for a client application running on a device that is attempting to connect to a SQL Mobile database on the same device.

Can you actually connect to a SQL Mobile db on another device? I thought it always had to be on the same device as your app.
Can anyone confirm this?|||SQL Mobile Client app and the DB should be on the same device except in the following scenarios:
1) SQL Server 2005 Management Studio (running on Desktop) can be used to connect to a SQL Mobile DB on the device
2) VS 2005 Management Studio (running on Desktop) can be used to connect to a SQL Mobile DB on the device

Thanks,
Laxmi NRO, MSFT, SQL Mobile, Microsoft Corporation