Create SQLCE database programmatically [duplicate]

Answer 1

I have worked with SQLCE 3.1 and SharpDevelop, Try this code and see if this is what you want:

string connStr = "Data Source = FooDatabase.sdf; Password = SomePassword";

if (File.Exists("FooDatabase.sdf")) 
    File.Delete("FooDatabase.sdf");  

SqlCeEngine engine = new SqlCeEngine(connStr); 
engine.CreateDatabase();

SqlCeConnection conn = null;


try 
{
    conn = new SqlCeConnection(connStr);
    conn.Open();

    SqlCeCommand cmd = conn.CreateCommand();
    cmd.CommandText = "CREATE TABLE FooTable(col1 int, col2 ntext)";
    cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
}
catch 
{

}
finally 
{
    conn.Close();
}

Note that the database is just a file, so you can check if the database exists by looking if the file exists, also you can delete the database by deleting the file. Hope this helps.