Database.DatabaseState property

The DatabaseState property of the Database object is a read-only property.

This property returns the persistence state of the database as one of the following parameters.

Database state Value Description
msiDatabaseStateRead 0 Database opens as read-only. Changes to persistent data are not permitted and temporary data is not saved.
msiDatabaseStateWrite 1 Database is fully operational for read and write.

This property is read-only.

Syntax

propVal = Database.DatabaseState

Property value

Requirements

Requirement Value
Version
Windows Installer 5.0 on Windows Server 2012, Windows 8, Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7. Windows Installer 4.0 or Windows Installer 4.5 on Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista. Windows Installer on Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP
DLL
Msi.dll
IID
IID_IDatabase is defined as 000C109D-0000-0000-C000-000000000046