Question

I am designing a desktop application that will be driven by local data. I am trying to determine the best way to accomplish this. The database would contain about 10-12 tables if I use a database and I would imagine no more than 10000 records in any one table (but honestly 99% of users would not have more than 1000 records). I am thinking about using SQL Server Compact. Is this a good solution? I can certainly include this in my installation, but I am just wondering if anyone knows of a better solution? If this is the best solution, how would you suggest that I create the tables upon deployment? Should I just run “queries” with create table statements in them from my vb application or include a database file or what?
Thanks,
Kevin

Answer 1

Forget MS-sql and try MySQL with MySQL Connector/Net. You write your programs as if you are writing for sql-server (change prefix in MYsql, that’s the trick).
Mysql is easy to manage by less professional persons, easier than any Ms-sql