This content is part of a third party extension that is not supported by the Cake project. For more information about this extension see Cake.SqlServer.

Summary

Creates an empty database. If database with this name already exists, throws a SqlException. Cake.SqlServer.SqlServerAliases.CreateDatabaseIfNotExists(Cake.Core.ICakeContext,System.String,System.String) if you would like to check if database already exists.

Assembly: Cake.SqlServer.dll
Namespace: Cake.SqlServer
Containing Type: SqlServerAliases

Syntax

public static void CreateDatabase(this ICakeContext context, string connectionString, string databaseName)

Examples

    #addin "nuget:?package=Cake.SqlServer"

    Task("Create-Database")
         .Does(() =>
         {
            var connectionString = @"Server=(localdb)\MSSqlLocalDb";
            var dbName = "CakeTest";
            CreateDatabase(connectionString, dbName);
        });

Attributes

Type	Description
CakeMethodAliasAttribute

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
context	ICakeContext	The Cake context
connectionString	string	The connection string. For this operation, it is recommended to connect to the master database (default). If there are changing parameters, `Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnectionStringBuilder` is recommended to escape input.
databaseName	string	Database name to be created

Return Value

Type	Description
void