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Timothy Dean - 27 Feb 2006 16:08 GMT

What is the best api to use for reading / writing to Pocket Access database
files? Is it true that it is not supported in WM 5.0? Thanks.

Timothy Dean

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Richard Mueller - 27 Feb 2006 17:02 GMT

> What is the best api to use for reading / writing to Pocket Access
> database
> files? Is it true that it is not supported in WM 5.0? Thanks.

Hi,

ADOCE is used to read/write to a Pocket Access database. Both ADOCE and
Pocket Access are not supported in WM 5.0. Alternatives in WM 5.0 are:

1. SQLCE
2. Text files (comma delimited), if all you need is to transfer data to/from
a PC or SQL Server.
3. Third party solutions like NS Basic/CE and SQLite. See this link:

http://www.nsbasic.com/ce/

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Peter Foot [MVP] - 27 Feb 2006 17:04 GMT

Pocket Access is deprecated, if you are starting out on a new development
you should probably be looking at an alternative, whether that is SQL
CE/Mobile, sqlite etc will depend on your specific requirements

Peter

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> What is the best api to use for reading / writing to Pocket Access
> database
> files? Is it true that it is not supported in WM 5.0? Thanks.
>
> Timothy Dean

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Timothy Dean - 27 Feb 2006 19:10 GMT

I failed to mention that I was using eVC++. Is the same true for both C++
and .NET? If I go the SQLCE route, what api should I use for that on the
device? Thanks.

Timothy Dean

> Pocket Access is deprecated, if you are starting out on a new development
> you should probably be looking at an alternative, whether that is SQL
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Peter Foot [MVP] - 27 Feb 2006 21:48 GMT

Yes ADOCE, Pocket Access and CEDB are all deprecated and that applies to
both native and managed code. You can access SQLCE through oledb in native
code.

Peter

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