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Accessing SQL Database from C# Without SQL Server

Is it at all possible to access a sql database, whether reading it or storing values to it, without having sql server installed or running as a process in the background? Perhaps this can be done using SMO?

I ask this question because my client does not want my application to install any sql rdbms (sql server, mysql, db2 etc.) on their machine. So is there a way to process data directly to a database file such as a Sql Server .mdf file?
Apr 13 '08 #1
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Is it at all possible to access a sql database, whether reading it or storing values to it, without having sql server installed or running as a process in the background? Perhaps this can be done using SMO?

I ask this question because my client does not want my application to install any sql rdbms (sql server, mysql, db2 etc.) on their machine. So is there a way to process data directly to a database file such as a Sql Server .mdf file?

Hi,


If you don't want to use server database (SqlServer,Oracle,etc) , please use MS Access to store/retrieve data. MS Access will act as Desktop database.

Cheers,
Balaji U
Apr 14 '08 #2

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