Class DatabaseProperties
Represents a database in the Azure Cosmos DB account.
public class DatabaseProperties
- Inheritance
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DatabaseProperties
- Inherited Members
- Extension Methods
Examples
The example below creates a new Database with an Id property of 'MyDatabase'.
using (CosmosClient client = new CosmosClient("connection string"))
{
DatabaseProperties db1 = await client.CreateDatabaseAsync("MyDatabase");
}
Remarks
Each Azure Cosmos DB database account can have zero or more databases. A database in Azure Cosmos DB is a logical container for
document collections and users.
Refer to
Constructors
DatabaseProperties()
Initializes a new instance of the DatabaseProperties class for the Azure Cosmos DB service.
public DatabaseProperties()
DatabaseProperties(string)
Initializes a new instance of the DatabaseProperties class for the Azure Cosmos DB service.
public DatabaseProperties(string id)
Parameters
id
stringThe Id of the resource in the Azure Cosmos service.
Properties
ETag
Gets the entity tag associated with the resource from the Azure Cosmos DB service.
public string ETag { get; }
Property Value
- string
The entity tag associated with the resource.
Remarks
ETags are used for concurrency checking when updating resources.
Id
Gets or sets the Id of the resource in the Azure Cosmos DB service.
public string Id { get; set; }
Property Value
- string
The Id associated with the resource.
Remarks
Every resource within an Azure Cosmos DB database account needs to have a unique identifier.
The following characters are restricted and cannot be used in the Id property: '/', '\\', '?', '#'
LastModified
Gets the last modified time stamp associated with DatabaseProperties from the Azure Cosmos DB service.
public DateTime? LastModified { get; }
Property Value
- DateTime?
The last modified time stamp associated with the resource.
SelfLink
Gets the self-link associated with the resource from the Azure Cosmos DB service.
public string SelfLink { get; }
Property Value
- string
The self-link associated with the resource.
Remarks
A self-link is a static addressable Uri for each resource within a database account and follows the Azure Cosmos DB resource model. E.g. a self-link for a document could be dbs/db_resourceid/colls/coll_resourceid/documents/doc_resourceid