Hi all
I just saw an ad in the latest ComponentSource newsletter for a database
engine called VistaDB 3.0. http://www.vistadb.net/default.asp
It looks very interesting as a database engine for smaller applications
where you would normally use access. Plus it can be embedded into the exe.
I've just started doing a small database application, and my concern has
been this: Should I use access or SQL server?
Access is simpler and actually quite sufficient for my needs (very small
database - only a few tables), but it seems old fahioned to me. But at the
same time, I've been reluctant to choose SQL Server because it complicates
the administration and deployment. Access is simply a file you copy, but
with SQL server you have to install the engine and check in the installation
if it exists, attach the database... Not extremely complicated but still a
little overkill for my application.
So I though of testing VistaDB, but I just wonder if anybody knows of it and
has experiences using it they would like to share???
Cheers,
Johnny J. 14 2227
Hi Johnny,
Check out System.Data.SQL ite, it's also a lightweight database but fast
and very stable. You simply deploy the dll with your application so
there's no setup. All data is put in a single file. I use it for
instance to log a lot of production (debug) data including images,
calculation results, traces, ... Afterwards it's simply copying the
(easily 1-1.5G) file from the machine to the devstation to analyse. http://sqlite.phxsoftware.com/
The ADO.NET above uses the SQLite library which you can find at the
following location. http://www.sqlite.org/
There you can also find extra information regarding the SQL that is
implemented (pretty complete :-)).
Don't know how it behaves on Vista.
HTH,
-- Freddy
Johnny Jörgensen wrote:
Hi all
I just saw an ad in the latest ComponentSource newsletter for a database
engine called VistaDB 3.0.
http://www.vistadb.net/default.asp
It looks very interesting as a database engine for smaller applications
where you would normally use access. Plus it can be embedded into the exe.
I've just started doing a small database application, and my concern has
been this: Should I use access or SQL server?
Access is simpler and actually quite sufficient for my needs (very small
database - only a few tables), but it seems old fahioned to me. But at the
same time, I've been reluctant to choose SQL Server because it complicates
the administration and deployment. Access is simply a file you copy, but
with SQL server you have to install the engine and check in the installation
if it exists, attach the database... Not extremely complicated but still a
little overkill for my application.
So I though of testing VistaDB, but I just wonder if anybody knows of it and
has experiences using it they would like to share???
Cheers,
Johnny J.
That looks interesting too, but what I liked about VistaDB is that it is
embeddeable (is that an actual word? :-) )
I wonder about the performance, though... Hence my post. But I will take a
look at SQLite too.
Cheers,
Johnny J.
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Hi Johnny,
Check out System.Data.SQL ite, it's also a lightweight database but fast
and very stable. You simply deploy the dll with your application so
there's no setup. All data is put in a single file. I use it for instance
to log a lot of production (debug) data including images, calculation
results, traces, ... Afterwards it's simply copying the (easily 1-1.5G)
file from the machine to the devstation to analyse.
http://sqlite.phxsoftware.com/
The ADO.NET above uses the SQLite library which you can find at the
following location.
http://www.sqlite.org/
There you can also find extra information regarding the SQL that is
implemented (pretty complete :-)).
Don't know how it behaves on Vista.
HTH,
-- Freddy
Johnny Jörgensen wrote:
>Hi all
I just saw an ad in the latest ComponentSource newsletter for a database engine called VistaDB 3.0.
http://www.vistadb.net/default.asp
It looks very interesting as a database engine for smaller applications where you would normally use access. Plus it can be embedded into the exe.
I've just started doing a small database application, and my concern has been this: Should I use access or SQL server?
Access is simpler and actually quite sufficient for my needs (very small database - only a few tables), but it seems old fahioned to me. But at the same time, I've been reluctant to choose SQL Server because it complicates the administration and deployment. Access is simply a file you copy, but with SQL server you have to install the engine and check in the installation if it exists, attach the database... Not extremely complicated but still a little overkill for my application.
So I though of testing VistaDB, but I just wonder if anybody knows of it and has experiences using it they would like to share???
Cheers, Johnny J.
"Johnny Jörgensen" <jo**@altcom.se wrote in message
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Hi all
I just saw an ad in the latest ComponentSource newsletter for a database
engine called VistaDB 3.0.
http://www.vistadb.net/default.asp
It looks very interesting as a database engine for smaller applications
where you would normally use access. Plus it can be embedded into the exe.
I've just started doing a small database application, and my concern has
been this: Should I use access or SQL server?
There is MS SQL Server 2005 Express Edition which is free to download and
distribute.
>
Access is simpler and actually quite sufficient for my needs (very small
database - only a few tables), but it seems old fahioned to me. But at the
same time, I've been reluctant to choose SQL Server because it complicates
the administration and deployment. Access is simply a file you copy, but
with SQL server you have to install the engine and check in the
installation if it exists, attach the database... Not extremely
complicated but still a little overkill for my application.
With ADO.NET and the MS DB provider like SQL Client, you can deploy a SQL
Express MDF file, just like you can with an MDB file. All you have to do is
provide the connection string. I have found SQL Server 2005 Express pretty
easy to use in an ASP.NET solution and easy to connect with .NET Server
Explorer where you just drag the database to App_Data in the Solution
Explorer. I would assume it would be the same for a .NET NT Service, Console
Application and Windows desktop solution as well.
SQL Server Express doesn't seem like you have to deploy the Admin part of
the solution to a Client machine, but I have not gotten to that part, yet.
Yes, you would have to Attach the file using SQL Exress 2005 Manager to
administer the database with its Manager solution, just like you would with
SQL Server Manger if it's the Standard Edition of SQL Server 2005 or
previous versions were being used.
>
So I though of testing VistaDB, but I just wonder if anybody knows of it
and has experiences using it they would like to share???
This VistaDB seems interesting. It's something to keep in mind. Maybe, there
will be some kind of (free) Express Edition.
Johnny Jörgensen wrote:
That looks interesting too, but what I liked about VistaDB is that it is
embeddeable (is that an actual word? :-) )
I'm no native English or American speaker so I couldn't tell but I get
the meaning. :-)
Looked at VistaDB and it seems an interesting package. They also need to
distribute an assembly with your app (about 700k compared to 385k for
SQLite) *but* you can embed that assembly using the Microsoft ILMerge tool.
Tried to embed SQLite with ILMerge but that doesn't work (probably
because there's unmanaged code in there). Bummer. :-/
I wonder about the performance, though... Hence my post. But I will take a
look at SQLite too.
Embedding or not shouldn't make a difference performance-wise so it's
just the db-engines compared to each other. I would also be interested
in comparing the two, I'll let you know when/if I get around to it.
"Johnny Jörgensen" <jo**@altcom.se wrote in message
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I've just started doing a small database application, and my concern has
been this: Should I use access or SQL server?
I now use this exclusively for WinForms apps where previously I would have
used a Jet database: http://www.microsoft.com/sql/edition...t/default.mspx
A 64-bit version is in the pipeline...
-- http://www.markrae.net
You could also look at the SQL Server Compact Edition 3.1.
It runs on both Windows CE and normal Windows. It has a small footprint and
is free.
The dB you create is in fact a file. In that sense, it is ideal for small
application. For more info, look at: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/bb204609.aspx
- José
"Johnny Jörgensen" <jo**@altcom.se a écrit dans le message de news: us************* *@TK2MSFTNGP06. phx.gbl...
Hi all
I just saw an ad in the latest ComponentSource newsletter for a database
engine called VistaDB 3.0.
http://www.vistadb.net/default.asp
It looks very interesting as a database engine for smaller applications
where you would normally use access. Plus it can be embedded into the exe.
I've just started doing a small database application, and my concern has
been this: Should I use access or SQL server?
Access is simpler and actually quite sufficient for my needs (very small
database - only a few tables), but it seems old fahioned to me. But at the
same time, I've been reluctant to choose SQL Server because it complicates
the administration and deployment. Access is simply a file you copy, but
with SQL server you have to install the engine and check in the
installation if it exists, attach the database... Not extremely
complicated but still a little overkill for my application.
So I though of testing VistaDB, but I just wonder if anybody knows of it
and has experiences using it they would like to share???
Cheers,
Johnny J.
Thanks everybody who have taken the time to give their input on this matter.
I wasn't really looking for other solutions, though. Most of the other
solutions (except one), I already knew about.
What I really wanted was some information on the VistaDB solution so that I
could make an educated comparison to the other possibilities and make a
decision about what the best solution for my project is.
Unfortunately, I didn't get any information about VistaDB. I don't know if
it's safe to assume that nobody has tested it... Maybe I should be the first
then?
Thanks again for taking the time...
Johnny J.
"Johnny Jörgensen" <jo**@altcom.se wrote in message
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Hi all
I just saw an ad in the latest ComponentSource newsletter for a database
engine called VistaDB 3.0.
http://www.vistadb.net/default.asp
It looks very interesting as a database engine for smaller applications
where you would normally use access. Plus it can be embedded into the exe.
I've just started doing a small database application, and my concern has
been this: Should I use access or SQL server?
Access is simpler and actually quite sufficient for my needs (very small
database - only a few tables), but it seems old fahioned to me. But at the
same time, I've been reluctant to choose SQL Server because it complicates
the administration and deployment. Access is simply a file you copy, but
with SQL server you have to install the engine and check in the
installation if it exists, attach the database... Not extremely
complicated but still a little overkill for my application.
So I though of testing VistaDB, but I just wonder if anybody knows of it
and has experiences using it they would like to share???
Cheers,
Johnny J.
"Johnny Jörgensen" <jo**@altcom.se wrote in message
news:%2******** ********@TK2MSF TNGP02.phx.gbl. ..
Maybe I should be the first then?
I'll be the first to acknowledge that I'm a big fan of 3rd-party add-ons for
the .NET Framework - the one that I use most often is: http://www.siberix.com/
However, I can't see any value in paying for a 3rd-party product: https://secure.vistadb.net/shop/etis...&vref=purchase
when Microsoft already produce a (more or less) equivalent one free of
charge...
I guess it depends how important it is to you to be able to embed your
database file in your app - it's of no importance to me...
Horses for courses... :-)
-- http://www.markrae.net
Hi Johnny,
I've been using VistaDB (version 3) since it was in alpha (about 7 months
prior to it's GA release).
I like it quite a bit. Easy to deploy, identical datatypes to SQL2005,
stored procedures, etc... Plus it's not terribly expensive.
It's good stuff, and I would highly recommend it. Their support is
excellent and their forums are very helpful.
I think if you have any specific pre-sale questions, you should ask in their
forums.
hth,
Brian
"Johnny Jörgensen" <jo**@altcom.se wrote in message
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Hi all
I just saw an ad in the latest ComponentSource newsletter for a database
engine called VistaDB 3.0.
http://www.vistadb.net/default.asp
It looks very interesting as a database engine for smaller applications
where you would normally use access. Plus it can be embedded into the exe.
I've just started doing a small database application, and my concern has
been this: Should I use access or SQL server?
Access is simpler and actually quite sufficient for my needs (very small
database - only a few tables), but it seems old fahioned to me. But at the
same time, I've been reluctant to choose SQL Server because it complicates
the administration and deployment. Access is simply a file you copy, but
with SQL server you have to install the engine and check in the
installation if it exists, attach the database... Not extremely
complicated but still a little overkill for my application.
So I though of testing VistaDB, but I just wonder if anybody knows of it
and has experiences using it they would like to share???
Cheers,
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