CreateDatabase Method
Creates a new Database object, saves the database to disk, and returns an opened Database object (Microsoft Jet workspaces only).
Syntax
Set database = workspace.CreateDatabase (name, locale, options)
The CreateDatabase method syntax has these parts.
| Part | Description |
|---|---|
| database | An object variable that represents the Database object you want to create. |
| workspace | An object variable that represents the existing Workspace object that will contain the database. If you omit workspace, CreateDatabase uses the default Workspace. |
| name | A String up to 255 characters long that is the name of the database file that you're creating. It can be the full path and file name, such as "C:\db1.mdb". If you don't supply a file name extension, .mdb is appended. If your network supports it, you can also specify a network path, such as "\\server1\share1\dir1\db1". You can only create .mdb database files with this method. |
| locale | A string expression that specifies a collating order for creating the database, as specified in Settings. You must supply this argument or an error occurs. |
You can also create a password for the new Database object by concatenating the password string (starting with ";pwd=") with a constant in the locale argument, like this: |
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dbLangSpanish & ";pwd=NewPassword" |
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| If you want to use the default locale, but specify a password, simply enter a password string for the locale argument: | |
";pwd=NewPassword" |
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| options | Optional. A constant or combination of constants that indicates one or more options, as specified in Settings. You can combine options by summing the corresponding constants. |
Settings
You can use one of the following constants for the locale argument to specify the CollatingOrder property of text for string comparisons.
| Constant | Collating order |
|---|---|
| dbLangGeneral | English, German, French, Portuguese, Italian, and Modern Spanish |
| dbLangArabic | Arabic |
| dbLangChineseSimplified | Simplified Chinese |
| dbLangChineseTraditional | Traditional Chinese |
| dbLangCyrillic | Russian |
| dbLangCzech | Czech |
| dbLangDutch | Dutch |
| dbLangGreek | Greek |
| dbLangHebrew | Hebrew |
| dbLangHungarian | Hungarian |
| dbLangIcelandic | Icelandic |
| dbLangJapanese | Japanese |
| dbLangKorean | Korean |
| dbLangNordic | Nordic languages (Microsoft Jet database engine version 1.0 only) |
| dbLangNorwDan | Norwegian and Danish |
| dbLangPolish | Polish |
| dbLangSlovenian | Slovenian |
| dbLangSpanish | Traditional Spanish |
| dbLangSwedFin | Swedish and Finnish |
| dbLangThai | Thai |
| dbLangTurkish | Turkish |
You can use one or more of the following constants in the options argument to specify which version the data format should have and whether or not to encrypt the database.
| Constant | Description |
|---|---|
| dbEncrypt | Creates an encrypted database. |
| dbVersion10 | Creates a database that uses the Microsoft Jet database engine version 1.0 file format. |
| dbVersion11 | Creates a database that uses the Microsoft Jet database engine version 1.1 file format. |
| dbVersion20 | Creates a database that uses the Microsoft Jet database engine version 2.0 file format. |
| dbVersion30 | (Default) Creates a database that uses the Microsoft Jet database engine version 3.0 file format (compatible with version 3.5). |
If you omit the encryption constant, CreateDatabase creates an un-encrypted database. You can specify only one version constant. If you omit a version constant, CreateDatabase creates a database that uses the Microsoft Jet database engine version 3.0 file format.
Remarks
Use the CreateDatabase method to create and open a new, empty database, and return the Database object. You must complete its structure and content by using additional DAO objects. If you want to make a partial or complete copy of an existing database, you can use the CompactDatabase method to make a copy that you can customize.