Question

how to connect Sqlcompact via. OleDbConnection

my code:

        string strConn = "Provider=Microsoft.SQLSERVER.CE.OLEDB.3.5; Data Source=C:\\newservice\\UserDataBase\\demo1.sdf;Password=MyPassword";
        conn = new OleDbConnection(strConn);
        conn.Open();
        DataTable dtTable = new DataTable("Record");
        OleDbDataAdapter ada = new OleDbDataAdapter("select * from demo", conn);
        ada.Fill(dtTable);
        conn.Close();

i have got this error:

Multiple-step OLE DB operation generated errors. Check each OLE DB status value, if available. No work was done.

how to solve this. wats the problem over here…?

Answer 1

I think the format of your connection string is a little off. Try:

string strConn = "Provider=Microsoft.SQLSERVER.CE.OLEDB.3.5; 
                  Data Source=C:\\newservice\\UserDataBase\\demo1.sdf;
                  SSCE:Database Password='MyPassword';";