Question

I am trying to create a new database programmatically using SMO (c#).

I am working on SQL Server 2005. This is the code :

ServerConnection connection = new ServerConnection(serverName, userName, password);
Server sqlServer = new Server(connection);
Database newDB = new Database(sqlServer, databaseName);
newDB.Create();

I get the exception :

“Create failed for database.”

What could be the problem and how can I create a new DB?
thanks…

Answer 1

I tried this: with a sysadmin user, everything works just fine. With a “normal” user, I get the same error as you do.

Try this:

ServerConnection connection = new ServerConnection(serverName, userName, password);
Server sqlServer = new Server(connection);
Database newDB = new Database(sqlServer, databaseName);

try
{
   newDB.Create();
} 
catch(Exception exc) 
{
   string msg1 = exc.Message;

   if(exc.InnerException != null)
   {
       string msg2 = exc.InnerException.Message;

       if(exc.InnerException.InnerException != null)
       {
           string msg3 = exc.InnerException.InnerExceptionMessage;
       }
   }
}

Do you see a msg2 and a msg3 ?? What do they say???

When using a user without the necessary permission, my msg3 is very clear:

CREATE DATABASE permission denied in database ‘master’.