Database choice

[gannias]

Hi I have a quick question.

I'm writing an app that requires that I store user input. This includes lists. This app will also be distributed.

Does anyone have a suggestion on a database that will fit my need and allow for distribution with the app?

Thanks!

[DataMiser]

MS Access is not a bad choice if the data will remain reasonably small less than 100 megs works well. Is easy to distribute and requires no other software or special configurations.

[Alsvha]

If the need for database is limited to data storage, you might not even need a database and can simply write your data to a - for example - XML file and use that as storage for persistence.
That makes for very easy distribution.

[bablinyuk]

If you use windows and .NET you can try Eloquera Database ( www.eloquera.com ).

[gannias]

Thank you for the reply.

Do you know if there are any license issues?

[bablinyuk]

This database is FREE for commercial use.

[gannias]

This database is FREE for commercial use.

Thanks for the reference. This looks like an awesome product.

It looks really easy to use.

[Arjay]

Check out MS SQL Express version - it's free as well and is very simple to use with the SqlClient classes.

[TechGnome]

There's also SQLCE (Compact Edition) which is even easier to set up than SQL Express... just include 7 simple DLLs with the application.

-tg