Question

Here is some sample code of how I am creating/connecting/working with my database

string connection = @"Data Source='C:\test.sdf';Max Database Size=4000;"
    + "Max Buffer Size=4096;";
File.Delete(@"C:\test.sdf");
using (var engine = new SqlCeEngine(connection))
{
    engine.CreateDatabase();
    engine.Compact("Data Source=; Case Sensitive=True; Max Database Size=4000;");
}

using (var dbConn = new SqlCeConnection(connection))
{
    // Create tables, indexes, etc, and insert loads of data here
    // Somewhere in the loading of data I get
    // the "Database file is larger..." exception
}

Here is my question. The database file size at the point of the exception is a mere 368 MB (386,879,488 bytes to be exact according to the file properties). Do I need to add the max database size string into the Compact statement?

Any other ideas on what could be wrong.

Answer 1

The default value for Max Database Size is 256 MB, so yes, you would need to add this to the connection string, if the file size grows over this.