How to create Microsoft Access database in C# programmatically?

Question

How do you create a Microsoft Access database file in C# if it does not exist yet?

Answer 1

Try:

using ADOX; //Requires Microsoft ADO Ext. 2.8 for DDL and Security
using ADODB;

public bool CreateNewAccessDatabase(string fileName)
{
bool result = false; 

ADOX.Catalog cat = new ADOX.Catalog();
ADOX.Table table = new ADOX.Table();

//Create the table and it's fields. 
table.Name = "Table1";
table.Columns.Append("Field1");
table.Columns.Append("Field2");

try
{
    cat.Create("Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;" + "Data Source=" + fileName + "; Jet OLEDB:Engine Type=5");
    cat.Tables.Append(table);

    //Now Close the database
    ADODB.Connection con = cat.ActiveConnection as ADODB.Connection;
    if (con != null)
    con.Close();

    result = true; 
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
    result = false;
}
cat = null;
return result;
} 

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