This function opens an existing database. This function is obsolete. Applications should call CeOpenDatabaseEx instead.
A remote application interface (RAPI) version of this function exists, and it is also called CeOpenDatabase.
At a Glance
| Header file: | Winbase.h |
| Windows CE versions: | 1.01 and later |
Syntax
HANDLE CeOpenDatabase(PCEOID poid, LPWSTR lpszName, CEPROPID propid, DWORD dwFlags, HWND hwndNotify);
Parameters
poid
[in] Pointer to the object identifier of the database to be opened. To open a database by name, set the value pointed to by poid to zero to receive the object identifer of the newly opened database when a database name is specified for lpszName.
lpszName
[in] Pointer to the null-terminated string that contains the name of the database to be opened. This parameter is ignored if the value pointed to by poid is nonzero.
propid
[in] Property identifier of the primary key for the sort order in which the database is to be traversed. All subsequent calls to CeSeekDatabase assume this sort order. This parameter can be zero if the sort order is not important.
dwFlags
[in] Specifies a bitmask of action flags. It is one of the following values:
| Value | Description |
| CEDB_AUTOINCREMENT | Causes the current seek position to be automatically incremented with each call to the CeReadRecordProps function. |
| 0 (ZERO) | Current seek position is not incremented with each call to CeReadRecordProps. |
hwndNotify
[in] Handle to the window to which notification messages (DB_CEOID_*) will be posted if another thread modifies the specified database while you have it open. This parameter can be NULL if you do not need to receive notifications.
Return Values
The handle to the open database indicates success. INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE indicates failure. To get extended error information within a Windows CE program, call GetLastError. Possible values for GetLastError include the following:
ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER
A parameter was invalid.
ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND
No database exists with the specified name. This value applies only if the value pointed to by poid was set to NULL when the function was called.
ERROR_NOT_ENOUGH_MEMORY
No memory was available to allocate a database handle.
Remarks
Use the CloseHandle function to close the handle returned by the CeOpenDatabase function.
Unlike many other traditional databases, opening and closing a database does not imply any transactioning. In other words, the database is not committed at the closing—it is committed after each individual call.
An application that opens the same database more then once and requests to be notified about changes to the database will receive change notification for changes that its process has made on the database. The reason is that change notification process is not done on a process level, but on a per open database level.
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