I have an application that saves and opens data (which is saved as SQL CE database file). Every time the project gets saved, a new .sdf file is generated with table structure defined by my code and I do not need to run any validation against it.
My concern is when user import (open) the .sdf file in a OpenFileDialog
, there will be chance user may select a database file generated from a different application (i.e. having a different table schema). I would need to validate the importing database table schema or the application may crash if the wrong database file is opened and processed.
I do not need to compare schema between files. All I need is to check if the database file contain a certain table structure or table names (which I think should be sufficient for my purpose). What is the easiest way to do this?
[EDIT]
I used the following method to validate the database file, which works. I use a string array to checked against a SqlCeDataReader (which stores the Table name). It works but I wonder if there's an even easier way - is there a build in method in .NET to use?
using (SqlCeConnection conn = new SqlCeConnection(validateConnStr))
{
using (SqlCeCommand cmd = new SqlCeCommand(@"SELECT TABLE_NAME FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES", conn))
{
try
{
conn.Open();
SqlCeDataReader rdr = cmd.ExecuteReader();
string[] tableArr = { "FirstTable", "SecondTable" };
int ta = 0;
while (rdr.Read())
{
if (rdr.GetString(0) != tableArr[ta])
{
isValidDbFile = false;
}
else
{
isValidDbFile = true;
}
ta++;
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
//MessageBox.Show(ex.开发者_如何学JAVAToString());
}
finally
{
conn.Close();
}
}
}
Open the database (make sure to have error handling for this, as the user can point to any file).
run: SELECT TABLE_NAME FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES WHERE TABLE_NAME = N'MyTable'
If this returns data, your table is there.
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