SQLExpress Logs Too Many "Starting up Database" Message

I wrote an application that uses SQLExpress to save some data transfer information. It puts an entry every several minutes. When I checked the Application Log, I got tons of message that said "Starting up Database " which is Event ID: 17137.

I researched this and the reason why the SQL Express does this is to conserve resource by making database "Auto Close" by default. In my case, I constantly use this database and also a remote application status display pulls the data to report the progress, it would not make much sense for the database to close so quickly.

The way to turn the message off is to disable "Auto Close"mode, and where you do that is in the Database's property (use SQL Server Management Express). You will find the Options node and the Auto Close is pretty much at the top of the list of options you can turn "false".