.NET Window Forms local database

Question

I just started writing a Windows Forms Application and I\'d like to store data in a Database but not in an actual DB Server.. something like SQLite (local, server independent).

Answer 1

If you don't have to save a huge amount of data you can use XML or even JSON. With JSON.NET you can serialize objects and write them to a text file, then read json file and get your data back.

// define you data type
class MyData
{
   ...
}

// using MyData
string jsonString= myDaJsonConvert.SerializeObject>(data);
List data = myDaJsonConvert.DeserializeObject>(jsonString);

EDIT 1:

Even if its System.Data.SQlite assembly is outdated this legacy setup file contains a "Designer" component for ADO.NET 2.0 which might simplify a lot the Dataset creation routine. Please remember to update SQlite libraries from this site later.