My question is stated in the title, to give some background though.
I’m helping a customer use webparts within a ASP.net environment and I don’t want them to get attached to this database. I’d like to be able to use the site without it creating this database.
I’m currently researching more into this, but any suggestions on sites to look at or information regarding this will be much appreciated.
Most of your configuration is saved in this database. It’s created to hold all the complex data that is necessary for membership and personalization to work.
You can point to a different database if you have one set up, but out of the box, Visual Studio uses this local file for the database.
I believe that web parts relies on having the database available, so you’ll need to keep this database, or follow the link above to use a centralized database.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/879kf95c(VS.80).aspx