DatabaseExists Method

Helper method to determine whether the physical database with the given name exists on the disk. This will always return true for solutions using MS SQLServer.

Syntax

Visual Basic
C#

'Declaration
 
<EditorBrowsableAttribute(EditorBrowsableState.Advanced)> 
Public Shared Function DatabaseExists( _ 
   ByVal databaseName As String _ 
) As Boolean

[EditorBrowsableAttribute(EditorBrowsableState.Advanced)] 
public static bool DatabaseExists( 
   string databaseName 
)

Parameters

databaseName: Name of the database.

Requirements

Target Platforms: Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

Reference

Database Class
Database Members