Quote Originally Posted by nelo
Your question is odd. As I understand you're going to get a Sql Server database file (*.mdf) from somewhere. You then want to run some queries against it. Right? I'm not sure what the context is here but it may benefit to read about SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition. This is a very light edition that does not need SQL Server. Basically it is a database file (*.sdf) with a few dlls that enable you to execute queries against your database. It has a small but useful subset of the full blown SQL Server 2005 or 2005 Express. If you don't need triggers, stored procedures, etc this could be worth considering...
My colleague is developing a front end using sharepoint from which users can enter data via the web. These users can be anywhere in the world. This data is then stored in a sql database.

I have written an app that needs to talk to 2 databases, sourcesafe and the sql database. My app can be run by all these users which again can be all around the world. So i would like to run queries on the sql database without having to install sql server on all the users PC's