I used VB once, I believed there was two function reside on the same object,
DB.CreateDatabase and DB.AttachDatabase.
Both provide the same task, "modifying database's metadata/structure" using
object-oriented approach.

I, myself, prefer using query, object-oriented is much too many lines of
code compared to sql.

Correct me if I'm wrong, it has been a decade since my last use of VB.

MySQL, has sql function like "SHOW DATABASES", "SHOW TABLES", "IF TABLE xx
EXIST",  "DESCRIBE xx" or "EXPLAIN xx".
Just make a wrapper around it, and you have a better DB.AttachDatabase
with fuzzy-logic.
Such about metadata modifications.
I don't know about other SQL servers.

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FIreHAzaR:-D
West Java, Indonesia

----- Original Message -----
From: Emmanuel Lamy

Hi everybody,

Anyone knows if there is a Delphi method that accomplishes the same
action as the VB "AttachDatabase" method that the VB programer can use
to "attach" an existing database defined by one or several files to a
defined instance of SQL Server? Or better, is there an alternative as
to register an external SQL database file with another instance of a
SQL Server, or SQL Express? Any hint or suggestions welcome. TIA.

Emmanuel

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