Private Sub btnCreateDatabase_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, _
ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnCreateDatabase.Click
    Dim reader As SqlDataReader
    Dim str As String

    Dim myConn As SqlConnection = New SqlConnection("Server=(local)\netsdk;" & _
                                                    "uid=sa;pwd=;database=master")

    str = "CREATE DATABASE MyDatabase ON PRIMARY " & _
          "(NAME = MyDatabase_Data, " & _
          " FILENAME = D:\MyFolder\MyDatabaseData.mdf, " & _
          " SIZE = 2MB, " & _
          " MAXSIZE = 10MB, " & _
          " FILEGROWTH = 10%) " & _
          " LOG ON " & _
          "(NAME = MyDatabase_Log, " & _
          " FILENAME = D:\MyFolder\MyDatabaseLog.ldf, " & _
          " SIZE = 1MB, " & _
          " MAXSIZE = 5MB, " & _
          " FILEGROWTH = 10%) "

    Dim myCommand As SqlCommand = New SqlCommand(str, myConn)

Try
        myConn.Open()
        reader = myCommand.ExecuteReader()
    Catch ex As Exception
        MessageBox.Show(ex.ToString())
Finally
        If Not reader Is Nothing Then
reader.Close()
            If (myConn.State = ConnectionState.Open) Then
                myConn.Close()
End If
            MessageBox.Show("Database is created successfully", _
                            "MyProgram", MessageBoxButtons.OK, _
                            MessageBoxIcon.Information)
End If
End Try
End Sub