Commands: How to create or delete database?

This method is used to create a new database on a server.

Syntax

void CreateDatabase(DatabaseDocument databaseDocument);

Example

// create database 'NewDatabase' with 'PeriodicExport' bundle enabled
store
	.DatabaseCommands
	.GlobalAdmin
	.CreateDatabase(new DatabaseDocument
		                {
			                Id = "NewDatabase", 
							Settings =
								{
									{ "Raven/ActiveBundles", "PeriodicExport" },
                                                { "Raven/DataDir", @"~\Databases\NewDatabase" }
                                            }
		                });

This method is used to delete a database from a server, with a possibility to remove all the data from hard drive.

Syntax

void DeleteDatabase(string dbName, bool hardDelete = false);

Example

store.DatabaseCommands.GlobalAdmin.DeleteDatabase("NewDatabase", hardDelete: true);

This extension method creates database on a server with default configuration and indexes if that database does not exist.

Syntax

// required namespace in usings

public static void EnsureDatabaseExists(
	this IGlobalAdminDatabaseCommands self,
	string name,
	bool ignoreFailures = false)
{
	throw new CodeOmitted();
}

Example

store
	.DatabaseCommands
	.GlobalAdmin
	.EnsureDatabaseExists("NewDatabase", ignoreFailures: false);