InstanceDatabaseFile.MaxSize Property

Gets or sets the maximum size to which the data file can grow.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Property MaxSize As String

public string MaxSize { get; set; }

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

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

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

public function get MaxSize () : String

public function set MaxSize (value : String)

Property Value

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

Remarks

This value for this property must either be the string UNLIMITED or a nonnegative integer indicating the data file 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).

If you specify UNLIMITED or do not specify a value, the file can grow until the disk is full or until the file is 2 TB.

For more information, see the max_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
MaxSize Element for FileSpec (ICF)