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