Re: persistent data source (light footprint, secure, supports sql query engine)



"Jesse Aufiero" <jaufiero@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:#OFb0uKfFHA.1416@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:
> SQL Server is not an option because the installation of my application
> must be simple and 'lightweight'... and we're not talking about a
> massive amount of data here.
>
> Can an access database be embedded into the vb.net application? I
> would rather not keep the .mdb outside the vb.net application because
> that is an invitation to tampering and hacks.

Access is not a good choice. Try Firebird embedded version:
http://firebird.sourceforge.net/

You ship just ONE DLL - thats it.

Its free BTW,and open source.


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