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CeCreateDatabaseEx

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This function creates a new database in the object store or in a mounted volume. A remote application interface (RAPI) version of this function exists, and it is also named CeCreateDatabaseEx.

CEOID CeCreateDatabaseEx( 
PCEGUID pceguid, 
CEDBASEINFO *lpCEDBInfo);

Parameters

  • pceguid
    [in] Pointer to the CEGUID that contains the globally unique identifier of a mounted database.
  • lpCEDBInfo
    [in] Pointer to the CEDBASEINFO structure that determines the name, type, sort orders, and characteristics of the database.

Return Values

The object identifier of the newly created database indicates success. NULL indicates failure. To get extended error information, call GetLastError. Possible values for GetLastError include the following:

  • ERROR_DISK_FULL
    The destination source does not contain enough space to create the new database.
  • ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER
    A parameter was invalid.
  • ERROR_DUP_NAME
    A database already exists with the specified name.

Remarks

Note   Earlier versions (2.12 and prior) of Windows CE assigned OIDs to objects in other file systems, such as the FAT file system. These OIDs were guaranteed to be unique within a volume, but not across multiple volumes. Effective with version 3.0, only objects in the object store have valid, unique OIDs and the object store is the only volume that can return an object identifier.

Because sort orders increase the system resources needed to perform each insert and delete operation, you should keep the number of sort orders to a minimum. Use the CeSetDatabaseInfoEx function to change the sort order later; however, this function is even more expensive in terms of system resources.

In versions of Windows CE earlier than 3.0 a CEGUID and CEOID together uniquely identify a record or database in a database volume, other than the object store.

Requirements

Runs on Versions Defined in Include Link to
Windows CE OS 2.10 and later Windbase.h Winbase.h Fsdbase.lib

Note   This API is part of the complete Windows CE OS package as provided by Microsoft. The functionality of a particular platform is determined by the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) and some devices may not support this API.

See Also

CEDBASEINFO, CeDeleteDatabaseEx, CeOidGetInfoEx, CeOpenDatabaseEx, CeSetDatabaseInfoEx, CREATE_SYSTEMGUID, SORTORDERSPEC

 Last updated on Tuesday, July 13, 2004

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