Question

I am possibly about to embark upon writing a very small .NET Winforms app.
App is a simple calculator tool that will be a giveaway to be bundled with another physical product.
App will install & run standalone on client’s pc.. It requires a very simple local database on the same machine that will also need to be installed on the users pc.

Can someone please advise best options for the db.. in terms of :

• Simplicity to deploy
• Keeping costs & licencing low / zero.. ie. no need for user or me to buy a db engine.

Is Access runtime a possibility ? SQL Server seems like overkill.

Thank you,

Bazzaforms

Answer 1

I’d recommend SQLite,

SQLite is a software library that implements a self-contained, serverless, zero-configuration, transactional SQL database engine. SQLite is the most widely deployed SQL database engine in the world.

There is an official ADO.net adapter here.