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InstanceDatabaseFile.InitialSize Property

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Gets or sets the initial size of the instance database.

Namespace: Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Nmo
Assembly: Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo (in microsoft.sqlserver.smo.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Property InitialSize As String

public string InitialSize { get; set; }

public:
property String^ InitialSize {
    String^ get ();
    void set (String^ value);
}

/** @property */
public String get_InitialSize ()

/** @property */
public void set_InitialSize (String value)

public function get InitialSize () : String

public function set InitialSize (value : String)

Property Value

A String, up to 32 characters in length, specifying the initial size of the data file.

Remarks

This property must be a nonnegative integer indicating the database size, with an optional suffix to indicate the unit of measure: kilobyte (KB), megabyte (MB), gigabyte (GB), or terabyte (TB). If the suffix is not specified, the default unit of measure is megabytes (MB).

For more information, see the size parameter in the CREATE DATABASE (Transact-SQL) topic.

Example

The following examples show how to define a data file for the instance database:

InstanceDatabaseFileGroup idb_fg = 
    new InstanceDatabaseFileGroup(idb, "PRIMARY");
idb.InstanceDatabaseFileGroups.Add(idb_fg);

// Define and add a data file
InstanceDatabaseFile idb_file1 = 
    new InstanceDatabaseFile(idb_fg, "MyInst_PrimaryFile1");
idb_file1.FileName = @"C:\NS\Full\MyInst_PrimaryFile1.mdf";
idb_file1.InitialSize = "5MB";
idb_file1.MaxSize = "15MB";
idb_file1.GrowthIncrement = "10%";
idb_fg.InstanceDatabaseFiles.Add(idb_file1);

' Define and add a filegroup
Dim idb_fg As InstanceDatabaseFileGroup = _
    New InstanceDatabaseFileGroup(idb, "PRIMARY")
idb.InstanceDatabaseFileGroups.Add(idb_fg)

' Define and add a data file
Dim idb_file1 As InstanceDatabaseFile = _
    New InstanceDatabaseFile(idb_fg, "MyInst_PrimaryFile1")
idb_file1.FileName = "C:\NS\Full\MyInst_PrimaryFile1.mdf"
idb_file1.InitialSize = "5MB"
idb_file1.MaxSize = "15MB"
idb_file1.GrowthIncrement = "10%"
idb_fg.InstanceDatabaseFiles.Add(idb_file1)

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Microsoft Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Platforms

Development Platforms

For a list of the supported platforms, see Hardware and Software Requirements for Installing SQL Server 2005.

Target Platforms

For a list of the supported platforms, see Hardware and Software Requirements for Installing SQL Server 2005.

See Also

Reference

InstanceDatabaseFile Class
InstanceDatabaseFile Members
Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Nmo Namespace

Other Resources

Defining the Instance Database
Size Element for FileSpec (ICF)