Database Element (ICF)

Contains elements that configure the instance database.

Syntax

<NotificationServicesInstance>
    ...
    <Database>

Element Characteristics

Characteristic	Description
Data type	None
Default value	None
Occurrence	Optional once per NotificationServicesInstance element
Updates	Cannot be added or deleted after creating the instance

Element Relationships

Relationship	Elements
Parent element	NotificationServicesInstance Element (ICF)
Child elements	DatabaseName Element (ICF) SchemaName Element (ICF) NamedFileGroup Element (ICF) LogFile Element (ICF) DefaultFileGroup Element (ICF) CollationName Element (ICF)

Remarks

If the instance configuration file (ICF) does not contain a Database element, Notification Services uses the model database as a template when creating an instance database.

The specifications for each application database are contained in each application definition file (ADF).

If you want to alter the database after creating the instance, use the SQL Server tools, such as SQL Server Management Studio.

Example

This example shows a complete Database element. The %BaseDirectoryPath% value can be passed in from the command line or can be specified in the ParameterDefaults element of the configuration file.

<Database>
    <DatabaseName>StockInstance</DatabaseName>
    <SchemaName>Stock</SchemaName>
    <NamedFileGroup>
        <FileGroupName>Primary</FileGroupName>
        <FileSpec>
            <LogicalName>PrimaryFG</LogicalName>
            <FileName>%BaseDirectoryPath%\Primary.mdf</FileName>
            <Size>10MB</Size>
            <MaxSize>20MB</MaxSize>
            <GrowthIncrement>20%</GrowthIncrement>
        </FileSpec>
    </NamedFileGroup>
    <NamedFileGroup>
        <FileGroupName>Stock</FileGroupName>
        <FileSpec>
            <LogicalName>StockFG</LogicalName>
            <FileName>%BaseDirectoryPath%\Stock.mdf</FileName>
            <Size>20MB</Size>
            <MaxSize>40MB</MaxSize>
            <GrowthIncrement>20%</GrowthIncrement>
        </FileSpec>
    </NamedFileGroup>
    <LogFile>
        <LogicalName>StockLog</LogicalName>
        <FileName>%BaseDirectoryPath%\Stock.ldf</FileName>
        <Size>5MB</Size>
        <MaxSize>10MB</MaxSize>
        <GrowthIncrement>20%</GrowthIncrement>
    </LogFile>
    <DefaultFileGroup>Stock</DefaultFileGroup>
    <CollationName>SQL_Latin1_General_CP1251_CI_AS</CollationName>
</Database>

See Also

Reference

Application Definition File Reference

Concepts

Instance Configuration File Reference

Other Resources

model Database
ALTER DATABASE (Transact-SQL)

Help and Information

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