In this topic, you will learn how to set the location and size of the temporary database file when programming an OLE DB application in Visual C++. You can set the location of the temporary database by specifying the DBPROP_SSCE_TEMPFILE_DIRECTORY property when the data source is initialized, or when the ISSCECompact::Compact method is run. You set the database size by specifying the DBPROP_SSCE_TEMPFILE_MAX_SIZE property.

Example

The following example shows how to specify the temporary database directory by specifying the DBPROP_SSCE_TEMPFILE_DIRECTORY property when you call IDBProperties::SetProperties.

// Object declarations
HRESULT          hr              = NOERROR; 
DBPROPSET        dbpropset[2]; 
DBPROP           dbprop[1]; 
DBPROP           sscedbprop[1]; 

// Declare the provider interfaces.
IDBInitialize *  pIDBInitialize  = NULL;
IDBProperties *  pIDBProperties  = NULL;

// Initialize the data source.
hr = CoCreateInstance(CLSID_SQLSERVERCE, 0, CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER,
    IID_IDBInitialize, (void**) &pIDBInitialize);
if (FAILED(hr))
{
    //Send an error-specific message and do error handling.
    goto Exit;
}

// Initialize property structures
VariantInit(&dbprop[0].vValue);
VariantInit(&sscedbprop[0].vValue);

// Initialize Property with name of database.
dbprop[0].dwPropertyID = DBPROP_INIT_DATASOURCE;
dbprop[0].dwOptions = DBPROPOPTIONS_REQUIRED;
dbprop[0].vValue.vt = VT_BSTR;
dbprop[0].vValue.bstrVal = SysAllocString(L"MyDB.sdf");
if(NULL == dbprop[0].vValue.bstrVal)
{
    hr = E_OUTOFMEMORY;
    goto Exit;
}

// Second property set has one property that contains the provider-specific
// property to specify an alternative temp file directory.
sscedbprop[0].dwPropertyID = DBPROP_SSCE_TEMPFILE_DIRECTORY;
sscedbprop[0].vValue.vt = VT_BSTR;
sscedbprop[0].vValue.bstrVal = SysAllocString(L"\\NewTempDir");
if(NULL == dbprop[0].vValue.bstrVal)
{
    hr = E_OUTOFMEMORY;
    goto Exit;
}

// Initialize property set.
dbpropset[0].guidPropertySet = DBPROPSET_DBINIT;
dbpropset[0].rgProperties = dbprop;
dbpropset[0].cProperties = sizeof(dbprop)/sizeof(dbprop[0]);

// Initialize the provider-specific property set.
dbpropset[1].guidPropertySet = DBPROPSET_SSCE_DBINIT;
dbpropset[1].rgProperties = sscedbprop;
dbpropset[1].cProperties = sizeof(sscedbprop)/sizeof(sscedbprop[0]);

// Set the properties into the provider's data source object.
pIDBInitialize->QueryInterface(IID_IDBProperties,(void**)&pIDBProperties);

hr = pIDBProperties->SetProperties(sizeof(dbpropset)/sizeof(dbpropset[0]), 
    dbpropset);
if(FAILED(hr))
{
    goto Exit;
}

// Initialize the data source.
hr = pIDBInitialize->Initialize();
if(FAILED(hr))
{
   goto Exit;
}

Exit:
//Clean up resources here

return;